Sh t how? There is no sh tting. That's the reason why no other president was dumb enough to start a war like this.
Meh, it's time to be concerned. If the last election proved anything, Americans want lower prices. The #1 issue last election was inflation and the economy. Gas prices are a large component of the inflation CPI index, and it hit's almost all Americans directly in the pocket (except EV drivers now).
It’s much too large of a commitment. All in would be a disaster.
The military can't fix this. How are you missing that?
So we should kill a bunch of people to lower oil prices?
Friday, after the markets close.
Remember "weeks, not months"? It's clear that he underestimated Iran's resolve.
Good to see the base is getting concerned. Better late than never I say. I do think politically he is stuck. Even if he ends the war today it will be months and months before prices fully revert. First you have the cycle time of getting a shipment to a refinery, refining, then shipping to the gas pumps, then you have all the refining capacity offline in the Middle East due to war damage.
It can fix it. But the cost will be in the many trillions and many thousands of dead. But technically he isn’t wrong - we could take over Iran if we truly wanted to*
Does the US get to call the shots with Iran? Venezuela? Cuba?
That's why they are the party of pro-life Christians.
THIS. The problem with Iran is the exact same one we have with Russia and China. Namely that the government is in no way accountable to the people of the country. They can just hang out... attack a ship or two in the Straits once a week or two and hang out some more. Meanwhile we are spending $1 Billion a day to keep up operations and oil prices stay high.
It won't particularly matter, in my opinion, if it takes months for prices to come down. What will be important is the trajectory, momentum, and expectations of future oil prices in approximately the month before the election. As long as prices are moving lower and the expectation is that they will be lower, will be acceptable to most even if it takes a couple months to get there.
You might be right for some. But everyone has their breaking point and we still haven’t seen the full cost roll through yet - many petroleum derivatives will see their price hikes in the coming months. I don‘t see how improving the trajectory is going to convince independent voters to get off the couch for a conservative.
This is some serious wishcasting, especially since the main reason you claim Trump won in 2024 was inflation. Inflation was ~3% in 2024 and yet here we are. All people are going to remember is the $5/gal gas and the massive cost increase on everyday items. I'd be shocked if pubs don't get absolutely shellacked come november.
If the vote was right now, you may be right. But what im guessing is that the news cycle is different come late summer. The news cycle changes fast. IF, and i know it's a big IF, things get wrapped up in Iran and some peace agreement is negotiated, then that will go a long way to reducing oil prices, and rather quickly.
Yeah, the drones story sounds like a lot of BS.
He's such a friggin idiot.
The party of "no new wars" and "we aren't the world's police" are really good at starting wars and being the world's police.
Realistically the military can't take over Iran. All the military can do is clear part of the area. Someone else would then have to run the country.
You think a trillion dollar ground war with thousands of dead troops will help the GOP in midterms?
Yeah, the militany could topple their government for sure. Then we would need a proxy to take over like in Iraq/Afghanistan.
We couldn't clear Afghanistan. What makes you think we can clear Iran in a ground war?
Good GOD you are a joke.
