🚨BREAKING: Iranian state media says the US Military has struck an Iranian oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz.
2 days ago, U.S. had already struck 3 other Iranian oil tankers withing the Strait of Hormuz.
This weekend's strike resulted in the first sinking of a commercial vessel by the U.S. since World War 2.
WIT trading around $93.03 (+3.03%)
Brent trading around $99.34 (+2.4%)
I think we are a few weeks away from the start of the biggest bull run and retail onboarding that we’ve seen yet
Using this dip to build positions. Q4 - Q1 2027 we will see many $1b+ runners
Where the attention went. Pons: $221K a day on Aug 23 → $8.75M a day on Sep 4. https://t.co/Q3Hzao9LTN: $2.65M peak on Aug 27 → $680K on Sep 5. Robinhood Chain fees: $1.42M last week → $24.9M this week. Pons has out-earned https://t.co/Q3Hzao9LTN every single day since Aug 29.
The biggest problem with a lot of traders and investors is that they want to get rich over night
Instant gratification is unlikely and not sustainable. Start looking at the market with a longer term outlook and you’ll start out performing
Stacking more $MANIFEST & $PCC while the onchain market pulls back in preparation for Bidens Labtop scam launch tomorrow
Manifest / PCC will be top performers in Q4. Stacking as much as I can
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 America’s old way of projecting power may have reached its end
Col. Douglas Macgregor argues Iran has exposed a structural weakness in the entire American military model.
For decades, U.S. power has depended on overseas bases, carrier groups and the ability to operate thousands of miles from home.
Iran is now demonstrating how precision missiles, drones and other unmanned weapons can make those enormously expensive assets increasingly difficult to defend.
Macgregor says Washington entered the Iran war with assumptions built for an earlier era.
“We made all the wrong assumptions about Iran.”
He believes the result could become one of America’s most significant strategic defeats, because Washington currently lacks an easy way to neutralize the capabilities threatening its regional presence.
And moving from land bases to the Navy doesn't necessarily solve it.
Iran’s strategy, Macgregor argues, is to break the blockade by pushing American ships progressively farther from its coastline.
His conclusion goes well beyond Iran:
The carrier-centric, expeditionary force America inherited from World War II and the Cold War is approaching its “sell-by date.”
“We’re in a new era now, new kinds of warfare, new kinds of technologies.”
Iran may simply be the battlefield where Washington finally discovers it.
@DougAMacgregor