NOW - John Bolton on Trump's war on Iran: "This is Europe's war."
https://x.com/disclosetv/status/2034936253188026660
Lauren Boebert: "I’m tired of the industrial war complex getting all our hard-earned tax dollars. We need America First policies."
https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/2034963162043232367
she looks rough
Top Overnight News
The U.S. and its allies have intensified the battle to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, sending low-flying attack jets over the sea lanes to blast Iranian naval vessels and Apache helicopters to shoot down Iran’s deadly drones, American military officials said. WSJ
Oil prices’ climb saw no letup as Iran pressed ahead with hitting energy assets. The country’s Revolutionary Guard insisted it is still building missiles and vowed the war will continue. Kuwait’s Mina Al-Ahmadi oil refinery shut down some units after a drone attack caused a fire. BBG
Saudi Arabia’s oil officials are working frantically to project how high oil prices might go if the Iran war and its disruption of energy supplies doesn’t end soon—and they don’t like what they are seeing. The base case, several oil officials in the Gulf’s biggest producer said, is that prices could soar past $180 a barrel if the disruptions persist until late April. WSJ
China is throttling exports of jet fuel, diesel and fertilisers, adding to fears in some of Asia’s biggest resource, manufacturing and agricultural nations that supplies could run short because of the war in the Middle East. FT
Wall Street braced for $5.7 trillion in options set to expire in today’s triple-witching, which risks injecting yet more volatility into a market that’s seen weeks of turbulence. BBG
In dollar terms, China’s GDP as a share of the global economy, peaked in 2021 at around 18.5%, when it grew to be around three quarters of the size of the U.S. economy. Many economists predicted China’s explosive growth would eventually make its economy bigger than that of the U.S. Instead China’s share of the pie has decreased, ending 2025 at around 16.5% of the global economy. It is now less than two-thirds the size of the U.S. economy, according to International Monetary Fund data. WSJ
Australia’s 10-year bond yields rose to an almost 15-year high as mounting inflation concerns drove traders to ramp up bets on RBA rate hikes. BBG
The ECB will need to consider hiking rates as soon as next month if price pressures build further due to the Iran war, Governing Council member Joachim Nagel said. Traders fully priced three rate hikes this year. BBG
Trump is dialing back his mass deportation push, shifting focus toward targeting criminals on political and voter concerns. WSJ
The Trump administration has delayed an executive order that could have required banks to collect and report more information on the immigration status of their customers, after Wall Street push-back: WaPo
US President Trump said at dinner with Japanese PM Takaichi that the US is encouraged to see Japan buying US defence equipment.
https://x.com/zerohedge/status/2034962852331565297
Home sellers now exceed buyers by over 600,000, marking the widest gap on record, per Redfin.
https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/2034962406745710888
dammit o7
Australian prime minister tried to simp for Muslims at a major Ramadan event.
They attacked him.
He’ll probably just import more.
https://x.com/WallStreetMav/status/2035008471284723887
look at that back drop kek
BREAKING: Washington State Governor Bob Ferguson signed a bill BANNING ICE agents from wearing masks
https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/2035010396885487939
jho
56 years old still chasing attention like this…
https://x.com/ClownWorld/status/2035011737078915302
The fuck is going on here
https://x.com/RampCapitalLLC/status/2035006835590087009
Name the Republicans that won’t vote to change the filibuster to pass the SAVE America Act.
95% of Republicans want it done.
It’s not that difficult @LeaderJohnThune
Let their constituents know who the traitors are.
Stop letting them hide!
https://x.com/C_3C_3/status/2035011271729222037