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🇮🇷 🇺🇸 NEW: A source close to Iranian officials says Tehran has documented a pattern of oil market manipulation tied to Axios reports and Trump administration insiders, including evidence of a $9 billion insider trading operation linked to Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff.
Some of the documented timeline from the $9 billion insider profit:
Between April and May 2026, a series of suspiciously timed trades in oil futures markets preceded major Iran war announcements—each tied to reporting by Axios.
On March 23, approximately $500–580 million in shorts were placed 15 minutes before Trump announced he was postponing strikes on Iran. Oil dropped.
On April 7, roughly $950–960 million in shorts were placed hours before Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran. Oil fell around 15 percent.
On April 17, around $760 million in shorts were placed 20 minutes before Iran's foreign minister announced the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Oil dropped.
On April 21, approximately $430 million in shorts were placed 15 minutes before Trump extended the ceasefire. Oil dropped again.
On May 6, nearly $920 million to $1.7 billion in crude oil shorts were placed approximately 70 minutes before an Axios scoop claimed the U.S. and Iran were near a "14-point agreement." Oil dropped 12 percent. Traders made an estimated $125 million. Iran called the report "the Americans' wish list."
Previously, a senior Iranian official told investigative outlet Drop Site News that Tehran privately warned JD Vance during Switzerland talks that Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff were "abusing" negotiations—"more interested in exploiting insider knowledge to profit in financial markets than reaching a deal."
هذه الأنهار الحمراء لم تتدفق لتروي عطش التراب بل لتشكل بحراً من اللعنات لن يهدأ حتى يبتلع كل من تفرّج وساوم، في غزة الدم هو التضاريس الوحيدة الواضحة.. جبال من اللحم الممزّق وأودية يفيض فيها قهر لا يتبخر، سيدرك هذا العالم الميت قريبا أن الأنهار التي تنبع من جراح المظلومين لا تصبّ إلا في غرف نوم القتلة والخاذلين لتخنقهم.
Tariff costs were passed on to the people while corporations got billions in tariff refunds. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞.
What a nightmare. By implementing the tariffs illegally, and now having to unwind them, the Trump administration created over $100 billion of profit for corporations selling foreign products, at the expense of American consumers.
Your refund: $0.00
Apple’s profit: $2.2 billion
@EricLDaugh Chevron has a major operational history in Saudi Arabia spanning over nine decades, highlighted by upstream production in the shared Partitioned Zone, large-scale petrochemical joint ventures, and crude oil purchasing is what is called Saudi Aramco.
🇺🇸🇮🇷 Joe Kent says Trump should exit the Iran fight before it gets worse
The former National Counterterrorism Center director warned that using U.S. forces to force open the Strait of Hormuz would risk a catastrophic, years-long war.
He praised the decision to hold off on new strikes and said Trump can declare victory and start bringing troops home.
Kent's argument is basically that the price of forcing that waterway open is too high.
With the conflict already costly, he sees restraint as the smarter play.
Source: Fox News, @joekent16jan19 / Writer: Lucas
🇺🇸🇮🇷 Joe Kent says Trump should exit the Iran fight before it gets worse
The former National Counterterrorism Center director warned that using U.S. forces to force open the Strait of Hormuz would risk a catastrophic, years-long war.
He praised the decision to hold off on new strikes and said Trump can declare victory and start bringing troops home.
Kent's argument is basically that the price of forcing that waterway open is too high.
With the conflict already costly, he sees restraint as the smarter play.
Source: Fox News, @joekent16jan19 / Writer: Lucas
🇺🇸🇮🇷 Joe Kent says Trump should exit the Iran fight before it gets worse
The former National Counterterrorism Center director warned that using U.S. forces to force open the Strait of Hormuz would risk a catastrophic, years-long war.
He praised the decision to hold off on new strikes and said Trump can declare victory and start bringing troops home.
Kent's argument is basically that the price of forcing that waterway open is too high.
With the conflict already costly, he sees restraint as the smarter play.
Source: Fox News, @joekent16jan19 / Writer: Lucas
🇺🇸🇮🇷 Joe Kent says Trump should exit the Iran fight before it gets worse
The former National Counterterrorism Center director warned that using U.S. forces to force open the Strait of Hormuz would risk a catastrophic, years-long war.
He praised the decision to hold off on new strikes and said Trump can declare victory and start bringing troops home.
Kent's argument is basically that the price of forcing that waterway open is too high.
With the conflict already costly, he sees restraint as the smarter play.
Source: Fox News, @joekent16jan19 / Writer: Lucas
🇺🇸 Trump: "I think countries like Japan and China lack the courage and the will to open the Strait of Hormuz."
🇨🇳 China: "The Strait of Hormuz was already open before the war. You created a war out of nothing and closed the strait to the rest of the world."