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3. Or maybe someone convinced him that by retreating, Hormuz will be opened.

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Tue Mar 31, 2026, 10:03 AM

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And that is the only outcome that the markets would accept that will also keep him in office.

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Matt Stollar:And just like that, Trump acknowledges the obvious - the U.S. lost and Iran now has hegemony [View all] Passages 21 hrs ago OP

Rubio admitted as much a few days ago IbogaProject 20 hrs ago #1

The war that isn't Whip-poor-will 20 hrs ago #2

your Freudian slip NJCher 18 hrs ago #19

Or maybe someone convinced him that by retreating, Hormuz will be opened. Baitball Blogger 20 hrs ago #3

What removes him from office? maxsolomon 18 hrs ago #21

Think about it. Baitball Blogger 18 hrs ago #25

I'm thinking about it. maxsolomon 17 hrs ago #27

Yup, the super wealthy gop donors are being impacted by the antics of the stooge they put in office. mwmisses4289 17 hrs ago #30

Even a blind sow picks up and acorn once in a while. multigraincracker 19 hrs ago #4

That's what he said yesterday AverageOldGuy 19 hrs ago #5

THIS orangecrush 19 hrs ago #10

Exactly. To pump the market up. GoodRaisin 18 hrs ago #17

It's what reactionary's do. CrispyQ 18 hrs ago #18

He'll try and spin it as a victory. Don't know how he will do that, but he'll try. And some of the hard core MAGA and Fil1957 19 hrs ago #6

I know how he'll do it. He'll do what he always does: LIE. And repeat his lies, over and over and over. MLWR 19 hrs ago #7

The same way he does everything else. Declare it loudly EdmondDantes_ 19 hrs ago #8

The destruction of the AWAC was pretty stunning wolfie001 19 hrs ago #9

The Iranians were very deliberate in their conduct of the war Bluetus 18 hrs ago #24

Isn't it just us? odins folly 19 hrs ago #11

Now we can buy oil from Russia ... wasn't that the whole point of this exercise? FakeNoose 18 hrs ago #14

$2M per ship. That's Iran's going rate to transit Hormuz paleotn 18 hrs ago #15

Got it odins folly 18 hrs ago #23

I wouldn't say hegemony..,,, paleotn 19 hrs ago #12

There is a real problem here. The Iranians are not going to let Trump off his petard without concessions. flashman13 19 hrs ago #13

Got us by the short hairs paleotn 18 hrs ago #16

That's not the only thing they have got us by. flashman13 18 hrs ago #20

A broken clock MW67 18 hrs ago #22

He's a pestilence upon the earth. Joinfortmill 18 hrs ago #26

As others have said, it's really two wars WestMichRad 17 hrs ago #28

The Phony War bucolic_frolic 17 hrs ago #29

When we get together with friends the topic of undoing this mess always comes up. Passages 14 hrs ago #34

If this were a true statement, then why . . . peggysue2 17 hrs ago #31

I want all of them prosecuted too. I'm not the biggest fan of The Atlantic, yet this Passages 14 hrs ago #33

I wish the characters that these people portrayed in the movie were here now Wonder Why 16 hrs ago #32