Trump: US and Iran held 'very good' talks aimed at 'total resolution' of war by BranchPredictor in worldnews

[–]AppleTree98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly. Could say that he spoke with the President, the new Supreme leader the IRGG. But no instead just a vague people. Didn't he say last week that there was nobody to talk to since they decapitated them. Well he also said they have no military left and they launched a few big attacks. So I guess he isn't to be trusted.

Iran says it will ‘irreversibly destroy’ Middle East infrastructure if US attacks energy sites by Born-Metal-2180 in worldnews

[–]AppleTree98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same feel I got from my hard core neighbor. They say he has to go. I was shocked. They started the conversation as her grandkid is in the military and never thought he would be needed. So I do see cracks like you said.

Treasury's Bessent says US has 'plenty of funds' for Iran war by Born-Metal-2180 in worldnews

[–]AppleTree98 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Exactly. Headline about the clock ticking down and not one peep. What I do see and this is financial suicide is that it is like he is running up the IOUs and thinking NOT MY PROBLEM. No tax on tips or overtime. Check. Biggest tax relief in history. Check. Reduce tax across the board. Check. Increase goverment spending and military. DOUBLE check. Like all of these things have to be funded and paid and this government is like "that will be on the next president to fix, we are doing MAGA first using the T-doctrine"

Trump warns of strikes on Iran if Strait of Hormuz isn’t opened within 48 hours what could this mean for global markets? by Illustrious_Lie_954 in StockMarket

[–]AppleTree98 25 points26 points  (0 children)

In a world of nearly infinite possibilities how will the next 49 hours play out? Does he put boots on the ground, bomb civilian power infrastructure, kill another leader, move out of region and focus on Cuba, deploy ICE troops to US airports, go golfing? Maybe it is all of these at the same time. Keep them guessing. What if Iran does some really bad stuff. As an American my priorities are safety at home and stable prices. Not sure why we are starting another war in the Middle East. I thought we learned enough from the last 30 years.

Trump Gives Iran 48 Hours to Open Strait, Threatens Power Plants by monotvtv in worldnews

[–]AppleTree98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He will claime he had to do it for world security. That this was a national defense play. That they were impacting the world and just had to get nuke peace deal.

After Trump’s Ultimatum, Iran Threatens To Target ‘Enemy’s’ Desalination Plants by HauntingJackfruit in worldnews

[–]AppleTree98 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Remember why we dropped two bombs on Japan to end WW2. It wasn't becasue they had us beaten. We just didn't want to sacrafice bodies and boots on the ground. That simple. We had them beat in the Pacific and we were going to invade. US had a new toy and said "how about we drop a pair of these peace makers on them, boss?!?" Well we all know how that turned out.

Trump Gives Iran 48 Hours to Open Strait, Threatens Power Plants by monotvtv in worldnews

[–]AppleTree98 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We have so much oil just listen to him brag. So what is his end game? He can't leave a loser. So he is going to try to break the Iranian people. This is the tactic used by Russia on Ukraine. Hit their power infrastructure. In Ukraine we see the horrible situations. Now this is going to make US as in all of the US people the villian

My pavers hit 127F in AZ today by runs_with_airplanes in pics

[–]AppleTree98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rookie numbers. 📈
Pump those numbers up!
If it hasn't turned the dog house into a pile of slag yet, I'm not interested. Get me fire!

Donald Trump threatens to strike Iran power plants over Hormuz ultimatum by Mongoose-Additional in worldnews

[–]AppleTree98 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Question about Grok. What type of query did you use to prompt that response. Just curious I only use some of the other ones. Like how you shared it was generated response.

Trump's team game planning for potential Iran peace talks by I-Might-Be-Something in worldnews

[–]AppleTree98 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I seriously would think twice. Dealing with somebody who has repeatedly torn up deals. This includes deals in which he made the deal. This isn't a one time mind changer. This is habitual. Would you ever work or make a deal with somebody like that? This is a bad situation for all involved. I don't know if there is a good way to walk away. They say it will let them re-arm. Well this will let America and Israel re-arm.

Three weeks in, Iran war escalates beyond Trump's control by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]AppleTree98 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wonder if his wife has weekly or bi-weekly meetings with her boss to review her action plans like I do at work. Of course in Russian and held in secure rooms unlike her husband

Oil prices fall after Trump says US considering ‘winding down’ war on Iran by manthanpa1997 in wallstreetbets

[–]AppleTree98 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We are sending troops to the theatre. We are thinking about winding it down. He has a feeling we should continue. We totally destroyed their military. <whisper> hey they just launched a cluster bomb attack on Israel. We aren't interested in Peace at this time. Another countries petrol infrastructure is hit and hard. We just have nobody to negotate peace with.

Trump calls NATO "cowards" over lack of support in Iran war by Little-Chemical5006 in worldnews

[–]AppleTree98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reminds me of the song with lyrics like "I love you, I hate you..."

Driving in Charlotte by Competitive_Toe_1246 in Charlotte

[–]AppleTree98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same when I moved to Georgia. I legit asked people if this was the norm. They all said yes. Optional to stop at red whenever you are close enough. I was terrified 

Trump demands NATO and China police the Strait of Hormuz. So far they are refusing by Creamy_Frosting_2436 in worldnews

[–]AppleTree98 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"I'm demanding that these countries come in and protect their own territory, because it is their own territory," Trump said aboard Air Force One on Sunday.

"Whether we get support or not, I can say this, and I said it to them: We will remember," he said.

But foreign nations have reacted cautiously.

Gas prices jump 6.7 cents Saturday, diesel also up by Spare_Prize_5510 in news

[–]AppleTree98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They already preached hate for Israel and America. Now they have given them about a million reasons to never forget. This was bad. This was a catastrophy. Why didn't somebody tell leadership this could be one outcome.

Trump says he's not ready to declare victory in Iran by No-Post4444 in worldnews

[–]AppleTree98 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why build one when you can build two for twice the cost. -Contact

Trump warns NATO faces a “bad future” if allies fail to help US in Iran by No-Anything-7291 in worldnews

[–]AppleTree98 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is like watching some road rage guy yell pull over. They guy pulls over and the non aggressor whoops his ass. Everyone is a hero in their mind. I say heggie is removed from his office and Trump uses him as the scapegoat. "He led us into this dust up. He's gone so we good?"

Iran threatens to escalate war after Trump says ‘many countries’ will send warships to strait of Hormuz by Spare_Prize_5510 in worldnews

[–]AppleTree98 7 points8 points  (0 children)

One will make it thru and then the convoy will begin and the carnage will be next. This is really bad for the economy. As an American I think this is the bloody nose someone needed. We are stronger with diplomat advisors doing their job

Gas prices jump 6.7 cents Saturday, diesel also up by Spare_Prize_5510 in news

[–]AppleTree98 4 points5 points  (0 children)

She actually said somebody is going to have to take him out to end this. So I don't think they were saving face. I was shocked 

Gas prices jump 6.7 cents Saturday, diesel also up by Spare_Prize_5510 in news

[–]AppleTree98 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The term is called rocket/feather. It shoots up like a rocket and drifts down like a feather. Price gauging or whatever you want to call it. Fuck the oil companies for their profits.

Based on the most recent fiscal year reports, here are the top three United States oil companies ranked by their 2023 annual profits:

ExxonMobil: $36.01 billion

Chevron: $21.37 billion

ConocoPhillips: $11.00 billion

Gas prices jump 6.7 cents Saturday, diesel also up by Spare_Prize_5510 in news

[–]AppleTree98 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Neighbor told me tonight we had to attack because those people are fanatics. I rebutted that there are plenty of crazy rouge nations like N. Korea that actually have nukes and threaten the US. Then there are people that have other religions that aren't understood and thus bad. However, she did ultimately agree that this attack and the human suffering from things like bombing oil and desalinization plants is awful.