There is something very important happening right now.
For 50 years, the United States has given security assurances to the Arab OPEC nations, and in exchange, they’ve almost exclusively sold oil in the U.S. dollar—this is the “petrodollar” that you’ve heard about.
This arrangement is also, in large part, one of the many reasons Trump is currently destroying the Iranian regime: the Arab OPEC nations were getting concerned with the Iranian regime’s arms buildup.
In May 2025, Trump made his now-famous trip to the Middle East and secured some $2 trillion in deals and investment commitments. One month later, in June 2025, Trump sent B-2 Spirit stealth bombers to blow up three Iranian nuclear sites. These events are not unrelated.
The situation with Iran is incredibly complex, but one undeniable component is that there is an ongoing quid pro quo with the Arab OPEC nations.
Have you ever wondered why all of the Arab OPEC nations have allowed the United States to conduct military operations against Iran from inside their territory? It’s because they all want to see the Iranian regime get decimated.
Now, at the same time, the Trump Administration has made very clear that it wants the United States to conduct a long-term withdrawal from the Middle East, handing off day-to-day operational control to our regional allies.
In fact, if you don’t believe me, I’d suggest you read the 33-page 2025 National Security Strategy and the 34-page Department of War National Defense Strategy. Both were released by the Trump Administration in the last 12 months.
However, in order to conduct this Middle Eastern withdrawal, two massive goals must be accomplished: 1) the Iranian regime’s capacity to project power must be destroyed, and 2) the United States’ reliance on the Arab OPEC nations’ adherence to the U.S. dollar must be lessened.
And this is why Trump’s play in Venezuela is so monumental. If Trump can unleash American energy production while simultaneously unlocking Venezuela’s oil reserves, OPEC loses almost all of its strategic value, and the United States is one massive step closer to untethering from the Middle East.
What we are witnessing right now is the Trump Administration's multi-step plan to escape the sandbox and, ultimately, put an end to the Global War on Terror era of American foreign policy.
It's ironic, because it's become increasingly popular to call Trump a "neo-con" who's looking to kick-start another War on Terror, but in reality, quite literally the exact opposite is true.
The intensity of the hyper-partisanship and profound division we currently inhabit becomes most apparent to me whenever I comment on what I regard as the occasional unforced errors of President Donald J. Trump. Any balanced commentator has experienced the bizarre sensation of being aggressively strafed from both sides simultaneously—for insufficient criticism on the one hand, or insufficient loyalty on the other. Yet one must call it as one sees it.
As someone who has known Donald Trump personally for three decades, and as a presidential historian whose works on two American presidents stand as the official biographies recommended by their respective presidential libraries, my assessment is that while President Trump, like all of us, is not without flaws, he is a good man, and in my considered judgment he has, on balance, been a good president.
Everyone is entitled to an opinion and can agree or disagree. But let me propose this litmus test: if you cannot list at least five of Trump’s major accomplishments or five of his failures, you are almost certainly inhabiting one of the two prevailing echo chambers. And my recommendation as an unlicensed psychologist is to switch off your computer or smart phone, draw a few deep breaths, step outside for a walk if the weather is nice, embrace your children or spouse if you are lucky enough to have them nearby, and remember that life is short.
FLASHBACK: Charlie Kirk exposed Hasan Piker's views years before he was famous.
At Politicon in 2018, the late conservative activist called out the controversial far-left streamer to his face:
"You have the freedom to go live as a socialist. Go do it, Hasan. What's stopping you?"
Breaking: LeBron James is signing with the Philadelphia 76ers on a two-year, $8 million deal with a player option, his agent Rich Paul told @ShamsCharania.
@MarioNawfal Larry Johnson has literally been wrong about everything and you post him consistently like he’s a credible source… this page has gotten desperate for clicks, it’s sad tbh
@MarioNawfal You can’t say he accepted it and that he’s still waiting to accept it.. make up your mind bro. Stop with the over sensational posts. We’re using you for live news updates. Don’t ruin your credibility over a few likes
@MarioNawfal Who from the pentagon said this? WHO released the report? Or is it another “anonymous source” from the NYT? Hard to believe anything they post because the editor and everyone there has TDS
All I see all across the TL is LeBron smear campaigns.
He fully embraced being a 3rd option, praised AR + Rui and declared the Lakers Luka’s team.
I don’t know if people are just engagement farming because LeBron is easy ragebait.
He loves LA and the Lakers. Stop the nonsense.
@MarioNawfal Talking about human rights while enforcing an internet black-out on your whole population and taking away their voice while at the same time executing your own citizens who oppose your regime… that’s rich lmaooo
@Osint613 The main sticking point is the control of the strait, in any scenario, if they end up with control of it.. it’d be the biggest loss in American history. as we can see, that strait is just as powerful as any weapon, including nuclear.