Trump Postpones Iran Energy Strikes for Five Days, Citing "Productive" Talks
31 points by rexthonyy a day ago | 25 comments
  • jjgreen a day ago |

       WITCH WILL CONTINUE
    If he had another brain it would be lonely
    • actionfromafar a day ago |
      If you knew what he was about to tweet 5 minutes in advance, could you make any money?
      • rasz a day ago |
        Everyone knows by now he TACOs.
      • alecco a day ago |
        Futures suddenly dumped ~10% at 7am. What do you think?

        https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/CL%3DF/

        https://pasteboard.co/IblUvbclykFf.png

        • actionfromafar a day ago |
          If one knew Friday what he was going to say during the weekend, could that be profitable?
          • alecco a day ago |
            Of course, as long as it's before end of trading hours.

            There are Crypto perpetual futures markets open all weekend but those are much smaller so it's unlikely they could make millions there.

            • actionfromafar a day ago |
              We are so lucky only God-fearing and honest people can know in advance what he is going to say.
    • lapcat a day ago |
      The typos will continue until morale improves.
    • jollyllama a day ago |
      He's referring to Melania's craft as a means to bring the Iranians to the table.
  • alecco a day ago |
    Iran denies Trump's claims: 'We reject all negotiations – US has failed and Hormuz will remain closed' https://www.ynetnews.com/article/0t2zpd7dr

    And Brent futures are starting to climb up again fast.

    Trump's post is either him freaking out of a Black Monday and/or losing military command, or it can be interpreted as market manipulation. But I don't think he is much in control anymore.

    • coreyh14444 a day ago |
      The Dow Jones is the only think that keeps him remotely in-check, so he tries to say things that will calm the markets, but as Matt Yglesias says, Oil is a physical commodity, not a meme-stock, either it flows or it doesn't and we'll find out soon.
    • JohnTHaller a day ago |
      Trump just said that a former president praised him in private for his war of aggression in Iran. All living former presidents confirmed they've had no communication with him.
      • UncleMeat 20 hours ago |
        Reagan came to him in a dream.
      • NekkoDroid 18 hours ago |
        Did he himself also say he had no communication with himself? Cuz I have a feeling he was just having a chat with himself on the shitter.
  • comrade1234 a day ago |
    Talks? With whom? I'm doubtful.
    • sheikhnbake a day ago |
      "A respected Iranian leader." Whatever that means.

      Meanwhile, multiple Iranian sources have denied any talks taking place. At least with the US.

      • Ancapistani 17 hours ago |
        Yep. That sounds like Pahlavi to me.
  • mattmaroon a day ago |
    Jesus this website is an abomination. Javascript popover that animates to try to get under your fingers and constant refreshes.
  • linhns a day ago |
    TACO comes again.
  • mamonster a day ago |
    TACO Tuesday comes on Monday.

    My take: He wants "pauses" because he wants to resupply the strike group and/or wait for the Marine unit to transfer. I have my suspicions Iran isn't gonna fall for this trick.

    • shaky-carrousel a day ago |
      He probably got last minute intel that Iran will begin a retaliatory attack just before the deadline, that's why the truth social post is so rushed.

      But, Trump being Trump, he'll probably do a suckerpunch attack today on the deadline.

  • DrProtic a day ago |
    Statements from Trump should be completely ignored, which Iran is effectively doing.

    It’s as if he’s just options trading.

    I wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest if he attacked those power plants this evening.

  • lonelyasacloud a day ago |
    The amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli with its marines will be arriving on station shortly [0]. The Iranian regime have been preparing for a fight with the Great Satan since it came to power.

    It will be a holy war for the Iranian regime so they will not back down. So unless Trump/US does back down it's safe to assume things are going to get far worse.

    [0] https://news.usni.org/2026/03/18/3-ship-tripoli-arg-31st-meu...

  • JohnTHaller a day ago |
    The "productive" talks are, of course, a lie. Trump just said that a former president praised him in private for his war of aggression in Iran. All living former presidents confirmed they've had no communication with him.
  • Ancapistani 17 hours ago |
    I'm hoping that this is part of a specific plan - Reza Pahlavi has made statements about his trying to influence Trump to not strike Iran's energy sector. Given that those shortly followed Trump's own threats to do so, it seems reasonable to think that the whole interaction could be designed to make Pahlavi look good in front of the Iranian public by apparently obtaining concessions from the US via diplomacy.

    If that is the case, I'd expect some kind of official recognition of Pahlavi, or at least some kind of unofficial indication that the US would consider him to be an acceptable leader.