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According_Judge781

He's like an 8 year old playing online Risk, not realising it's real life. "This is Donny4kidzz69. China, I'm in Hormooz. How many medipacs you got? I'll trade for tariffs? UK, I need military land and covering fire - you still trying to sell steel?! Russia will give oil but only if we ALL go in together.. Guys? GUYS?! Where the fuk are you? I swear, I'm going to fuk your mom if you don't answer before bedtime! "

Hairy_Muff305

But Donald, last week you told the UK that you’d already won the war and didn’t need their naval vessels? You fat orange bellend, this situation was an obvious consequence bombing Iran back to the Stone Age just please Israel.

wha2les

funny i probably am over exposed to japan as i have other japanese etfs along with the global. but you can always balance it out with a SPEU or something that is more europe +UK focus. Not that they are gonna fare well in this iran war either.

Same-Brilliant2014

Cut to: "Breaking Japan France and UK deny orange statements"

MadSkyGlider

So 🥭 indirectly said Japan , France and UK helping out don’t know if anyone else joining party

arbuge00

One might also point out that the standard of living in the UK is today higher than at any time it was in the age of the British Empire. End of dominance does not necessarily imply actual bad news for the general population.

OkBig205

With the way Trump is whining about the UK and jerking off Argentina, my new theory is that we are going to help Milei get back Las Calvin as. Puts on whatever Britain is doing in the southern cone.

_WreakingHavok_

UK and most of Europe as well

obb223

Sure, it's significant and obviously not great, but it's not going to crash the economy. It's projected to add 1% to inflation in the UK, we've come down from 10%+ inflation in the UK and now at 3%, I think we will survive 4%.

solar1ze

There is no way UK troops should have their lives put on the line to aid Trump’s diversion from the Epstein files.

tripping_on_phonics

Every time they make a deal with us, we stab them in the back. I seriously doubt that the hardliners governing Iran, now vindicated in their hardline stance, are keen to make yet another deal that we’re likely to break yet again. This would be akin to the UK in World War II making a “deal” with the Nazis so as to avoid destruction resulting from the Blitz. You underestimate the resolve of a nation and people facing an existential threat.

KodaiClub

Sorry didn’t he insult the UK and its role in the war America started last time? Sorry is he not pulling strategic resources AWAY from allies like South Korea to fuel his war, making them less safe?  Oh the kettles finished boiling bye 

Successful_Most_4431

DAMN!!! Thank God! I’m not the only one who is in disbelief. This smells a lot like 2007,8,9 2010 only this time we’re 38.8 trillion in national debt alone. (there are other debts to consider as well you know). The Fed is hamstrung. Damned if they do and damned if they don’t. They are having trouble paying the interest on the bonds in existence today. What is the option? Let’s revert from an enslaving income tax to a national sales tax and include stocks and bonds. That would replace all other taxes. No income, property, taxes. No tariffs, no excise taxes no ad valorem taxes. Complete transparency!! Not to mention much lower than what we are paying now. It’s a win-win for everybody. And just in case you don’t know the UK and other countries already have a tax on stock trades. It’s small, but it’s one of many. Our 100 + taxes plus hidden taxation also being taxed tends to make believe our governmental employees ( you guys mistakenly believe they are and call them leaders) haven’t heard of the concept of diminishing returns.

Antiwhippy

\>markets gaping up on Trump saying he's making a coalition to open up the straits \>said coalition (UK, France, Korea, Japan, Australia and China) all told him to kick rocks The markets: "and I decided to ignore that"

borkdpasito

So the market seems to think there’s a possibility Euro and the UK make a deal with Iran to use the strait?

ajibtunes

JUST IN: UK rejects helping out keeping Hormuz open

sandygws

Starmer already told Trump to GTFO an,hour ago. UK won't be getting involved. Neither will Germany or Greece or China or Japan.

KittyLover-7

No leader is going to commit political suicide and get involved in this shit show Mango will go on a rant and start alienating allies even more, 50% tariffs on EU and UK incoming Withdrawal from nato threats too

Logical-Bookkeeper77

Well UK did offer help with their carrier.

Aromatic-Ad-6244

> US allies, UK, Australia and Japan refused to deploy warships at the Strait of Hormuz Orange man is so fucking stupid. I really hope he realizes how fucked he is

catfink1664

That’s because the whole “special military operation” (remind you of anything?) is a shit show, and knee jerk by america because israel was going to attack iran come what may, not for the nuclear bomb reasons either. America joined in because it knew it would be involved by proxy. So trump and hegseth were like, yo man let’s get in first and look strong, and that was how far their planning and goals went. The rest of the world doesn’t have confidence in that plan when trump has trashed every single alliance america had, except with russia. He even belittled the UK’s contribution in Afghanistan, and only a few weeks ago said they had iran in the bag and didn’t need the UK’s aircraft carrier. Is it any wonder other leaders are letting him spin now?

DefiantDelta

for those keeping score on who is gonna help with the escorting: France - OUT UK - OUT Germany - OUT Australia - OUT Germany - OUT China - LOL Melania - BE BEST

DonDiabloTheGreat

Current list of countries willing to help mango 🥭. Watch out, it’s growing by the minutes… UK

winter32842

So far what country accepted it? I know UK, Australia and most European countries rejected it.

Bittygirl707

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kwijibokwijibo

In the UK, there's a very similar product called spread betting. It's tax free because, in terms of regulation, it's treated as gambling and you're not taxed on gambling winnings Thats the catch. It's officially gambling

mauurya

No body expected Iran to go ham on Dubai daily. They expected a few attacks here and there. Now they are throwing more missiles and drones at UAE than they are doing against Israel. Because of the large expat population in UAE especially the rich influencers and businessmen from US and UK. Things will go tits up if one of those drones accidentally hits the Worker areas where millions of Indians and Pakistanis live.

KittyLover-7

So when does this get more fun and he increases tariffs on Europe and the UK till they send warships

Clear-West747

Knew I could rely on the UK

Pyromelter

The market is being slightly irrationally bearish. Once oil starts moving more rapidly from Venezuela to the world markets prices will come down, and anyone giving an honest, non-reddit/bluesky appraisal of Iran can see clearly this will be a temporary blip towards a much better future for everyone including the energy markets. And since Russia will be pretty much out of allies to support their war effort, there is the potential knock-on effect of ending Ukraine as well, which will be even more bullish. > unlike the shock of supersized worldwide US trade tariffs nearly a year ago Lol they weren't supersized. They were equalized. > Iran can very easily choke off global supplies of oil by keeping the Strait of Hormuz blocked I guess this will a test on how free speech this subreddit is. There is nothing left for them to block the straight, especially with French, UK, and American escorts. >there have been no reported attacks by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz in the last 24 hours (as of March 15, 2026, around 7:05 PM PDT, meaning roughly from March 14, 7:05 PM PDT onward). https://www.marinevesseltraffic.com/HORMUZ-STRAIT/ship-traffic-tracker There's a zillion ships there now. A rational market would look at that map and the no attacks and the naval escorts and make the rational decision that the straight is open and will continue to be open and safe, especially as Iran's ability to aggress whittles down to nothing. so here's the tl;dr to the title question: No, the markets are not being too complacent, they are being slightly panicky, creating a buy the dip event, but they have learned regarding US foreign policy under the trump administration to not panic sell, so overall the market is being I would say slightly irrationally bearish while maintaining a position of general sanity, despite FUD articles and editorials like this.

littlecomet111

In the UK, we call gas petrol. What the fuck do you call gas that powers your heating and stove?

TomatoSpecialist6879

Not just UK, [Italy and France are openly talking to Iran](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/france-italy-open-talks-with-iran-securing-safe-hormuz-passage-ft-reports-2026-03-13/) and ignored US calls to form a coalition lmao. China has been sailing through the strait like nothing happened, meanwhile our EU allies are open to trading in yuan just like Iran asked. US is in such a fucked position, and we're even more fucked because we're Americans(well I am Idk if you are).

crunchsoop

I'm sure the UK and some others will create some form.of an agreement that does not threaten their ships. On the other hand, China's response when asked for ships was essentially we are, and have been,  helping Iran. So....fun times eh?

fumar

"We won the war" "We don't need the UK's help" "Lots of countries will send their ship to the Strait" "We will bomb Kharg Island for fun" I knew this man was a clown but holy shit, he is the god emperor of clowns.

codecrodie

Lol, it's like Bush's Iraqi coalition of the willing: UK and then... albania... Azerbaijan... Colombia...

SparksMKII

UK has just said they won't be sending warships, Germany has said they won't be sending ships and Norway has also said they ain't participating in this war. Looks like you're on your own to clean up your own shit this time.

x7_omega

Except no one is stupid enough to become a drone shield for the Emperor of Mankind. Canada is on record of politely declining in a rather colourful language. France and UK also "not until the shooting stops". Japan refused sending their mine clearing ships. Oh, and US navy also politely declined being sent to a certain death. This is just from memory, anyone interested will find the sources.

joergonix

How does a Coalition work when our only allies are also our enemies? Even the UK that is like your favorite drinking buddy that can't tell you no despite having a family and a work thing the next day turned us down.

UnknownM007

UK and France said nah we good

Zeppu

Why is the UK spending money on that stupid 🥭 war? lmao

Bladelovesblondes

UK has just announced it's not sending any ships

Bladelovesblondes

I'm guessing two of the ships they're earmarking for this are the two UK aircraft carriers Trumpy announced last week are steaming towards the Gulf in a "too little, too late" attempt to join the winning side. Problem is we only have two aircraft carriers and one of those is in drydock undergoing a six month refit and the other is on exercise off the coast of Greenland, protecting it from an invasion by, um, well, you know... Majority public opinion in Europe is that we'd prefer to pay the higher price at the pump and let Trumpy swivel in his own shit than bail him out with any meaningful assistance so I would be very surprised if this "coalition" has any more substance than his framework for a trade deal that he announced with a myriad of countries after "Liberation Day".

AnonymousTimewaster

Yeah I know in the UK it's still only 5% and I think it's like 4% in the US. Would be interesting to actually see a graph comparing stock market returns against unemployment rates actually.

VSU-yt

Asking for the UK’s help after repetitively cucking Starmer is top tier 🥭

Irishbros1991

Remember we don't need the UKs help in a war we have already won ita too late now..... Few days late Hey you guys in the UK are you going to send those ships to help now Lmao

Brokenandburnt

They have prepared for this exact moment since 1979. They overthrew the autocrat that UK/US had installed, because oil, and the very same moment sanctions slammed down.  They have been sanctioned in one way or another for over 40 years. They learned to build their weapons in house, copied tech from Russia. They've just waited for this moment to come. Especially since Trump scrapped the nuclear deal put in place 2016. 2018 Trump killed the deal, which Iran had adhered to btw, and sanctioned them _even worse_. So yeah, they got shit stashed everywhere, fighting inside Iran will be like fighting the Taliban, Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis at once. Except they are better equipped and there are far more of them. The popular uprising Trump and Bibi thought would restart, now hates the US and Israel **more** than their theocratic government. That tends to occur when you bomb a country from sunup go sundown for 2 weeks.

Throwmeabone008

I'm in a very similar boat as OP,  except I'm UK and it's nearly £400k of equities. I had to sell to cash in order to transfer, and timed it miraculously...  I moved it all to cash on Friday 27th Feb, ATH, and then missed the fall the following week. I'm planning to invest £80k a day next. I figured I've already "won" by cashing out and buying back in with at least a 5% discount. If there are further drops, I'd have been along for the ride anyway if I hadn't transferred, so I'd locking in the good timing. The majority of the comments seem to agree getting on with it is the right choice, and trying to time the market is impossible? 

Howley22

I really hope we (The UK) don't send a ship.

SaveTheAles

First week, UK don't send your rinky dink ships we got this all wrapped up. Week three pleaze send ships we need all the help we can get.

Much_Candle_942

Italy, UK and France are sending 

Sweaty_Platypus69

lmao.. POTUS actually ask China (of all countries) to help out on the gay strait on Truth Social. "Hopefully China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK, and others, that are affected by this artificial constraint, will send Ships to the area so that the Hormuz Strait will no longer be a threat by a Nation that has been totally decapitated." Err why do we need so many help if they are already decapitated?

OddSample5553

Exactly this. He basically told the UK to turn the ships around last week. Fucking hell man

poopy_wizard132

I did not enjoy my time in the UK

Standard-Top-5942

UK culture is pretty rad ... shakespeare, gardening world, scotch, art, 4 hour to paris. plenty of amazing restaurants in london now. plus the govt is crazy but not trump-crazy (e.g. they believe in global warming at least). i'd rather live in london

Inner-Platypus-7534

Don’t most countries not have a balanced budget? China, UK, etc don’t have a balanced budget yet GBP isn’t the world reserve currency so why isn’t that the end of the UK?

Far_Addition1210

Everyone in the UK hates Elmo.

jda823

I have no idea.  But sometimes it's 1 ship, sometimes 8, sometimes 3 transits.  I think it's because ships turn off their transponders.  I am waiting for the daily UKMTO report in a couple hours to see what it says for observed number of vessels. https://x.com/UK_MTO

Full_Pear449

Tesla’s UK sales fell 37% from 3,852 to 2,422 in February compared with the same period last year, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

Billiota

How is this a landmark news? UK has no solar potential because it's cloudy all the time.

FartPolluter

A bunch of WSB regards creating a reddit sub to plan an invasion of the Gulf to save their bags is identical to the UK Government announcing they are looking at options to open the Gulf of Hormuz to save UK asset prices. The only difference is the WSB one is free, voluntary cope, and the UK one is expensive, professional cope. Neither of them can actually do a fucking thing about it.

SacredUndeadMonkey

They get a lot of LNG, and inorganic fertilizer from the region. I was Already the fertilizer aspect is popping up in UK politician talking points.

Icy_Jelly_315

Not even factually right, Alexander only conquered from the Eastern Mediterranean to Pakistan. And I am not cherry picking, I consistently think that Pakistan belongs neither to Macedon nor to the UK, and that Greenland does not belong to Denmark

Icy_Jelly_315

Don't think I don't sympathise but looking at geography and history, Greenland is part of Scandinavia in the same way as India is part of the UK

Hamzehaq7

yeah, this could be huge for tesla! if they nail it in the UK, it might open the floodgates for energy sales elsewhere. like, just imagine how that could ramp up their revenue. but, like, they still gotta deal with all the red tape and set up infrastructure, right? curious to see how it plays out!

Suspicious_Writer_11

Did he not say to UK he does not need its ships lately as he already won the war in Iran???

Actual-Morning110

What happened to too late response to the UK?

squirtelee

Tesla has/had authorization as an electricity retailer in Australia. Like the UK, Unless they generate electricity and sell, they are a sucker to the same wholesale markets and f all profit.

SirArtifice

It's a nothing burger. It's a licence for electricity only not dual fuel and since 91%+ of UK properties rely on non electric heating (gas, oil etc) they would have to use two suppliers not just one to use Tesla electricity. That and nobody likes him

Iconically_Lost

Supply Electricity, how? Is Tesla gonna dropship Musk to UK, have them gather all the methane he produces during his speeches and burn that? Or are they just going to toss him into the coal oven?

Moist_moaner

yeah but they will sell electricity using AI so expect their UK energy market value to be worth more than the sector combined in 18 months despite owning >1% of market share.

legoman102040

So glad the not a car company can finally sell electricity in the UK

cosmic_orca

"Too little, too late" - Trump to Starmer last week, when UK was sending ships to the region.

Careless-Page-7116

One drone strike a week will wreck the markets. Boys this is a multiple years long war, FOX News analysis and TV Show celebrity running things is going make it laughable. In just a couple weeks "fuck UK, we already won. We don't need you. Please UK, can you send some ships..." No strategy, no planning, likely Israel controlling everything. Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan war all over again. OXY prints. To sum it up, when Iran gives up the uranium, is when US will when end the war. When have you seen a terrorist organization give up? Never, they would rather die than give up. Before the June 2025 attacks, Iran moved a lot of the enriched 60% uranium to unknown sites and possibly to places where a dirty bomb can be made. I don't see US controlling the Strait or ending war anytime soon. The pain hasn't even began yet. Its a flat, downward market for 5+ years for everything except oil stocks.

rothcoltd

What now you want the UK to send ships after telling them that the war was over and you didn’t need them. Does he have any clue what he is doing?

kiwi_spawn

Ironically this is right after telling the UK. Its naval assistance wasn't wanted or needed. Because the war was already won.

EpiphyticOrchid8927

I'm still mad at total energies for keeping the iran gas field while critizing the entire intervention project and then when it ended they stole the UK gas share in qatar when brexit hit.

seanosul

He told the UK don't send their carriers.

Cielo11

He was referring to UK Military in Afghan. Which because of 9/11 was the only time NATO alliance has been called to action.

Gen8Master

No, he asked "China, France, Japan, South Korea, UK and others reliant on crude oil imports" to serve as human shields in the Hormuz Strait because apparently its "very easy for Iran to send a drone or two, or a mine", hence its not fair for the US navy to be the only targets.

totally-jag

There are so many stupid comments in this truth social post. he claims to have 100% destroyed Iran's military capabilities. Yet they still have the ability to disrupt shipping in the straight. he claims to have won the war using the most powerful military in the world, yet is depending on other nations sending war ships to help keep the straight open. So he needs China, France, Japan South Korea and UK to help him. Doesn't sound like this conflict is as simple and as over as he says it is.

Disillusioned_Pleb01

US President Donald Trump has told the UK he does not need its aircraft carriers and accused Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of seeking to "join wars after we've already won"

MARSHALCOGBURN999

The UK deserve to be insulted tho lets be honest

Alternative_Carpet39

Last week he was being all post about not needing the UK’s help. He’s such a twat

Northwindlowlander

And the UK, who already offered to help and were told no

WayDry848

"..that's okay , prime minister, we don't need them any longer!" - Mar 07 "....Hopefully..the UK and others.. will send their ships." - Mar 14 bruh....

hiigara2

There is no Wendy's in UK

mlorusso4

I’m more confused at who he’s talking about are already sending ships to help, and then lists basically every country that actually has any respectable navy and could help as ones he’s hoping will eventually come help. Like what countries other than China, France, Japan, SK, and UK could realistically help? Maybe Canada, Italy, Australia, and Germany? But I haven’t seen anything from them about them sending ships yet

nico87ca

He made fun of the UK last week. He's like that girl from 50 first dates. He only lives in the today. Doesn't remember what he said yesterday let alone last week

Ponald-Dump

Does he want help from the same UK that he told he doesn’t want help from two days ago?

heschilllikethat

Mfers moved the UK again 😭

Equivalent_Fly_5559

Begging the UK for help after saying we don’t need your help a week earlier….most people are saying operation British Straits Shield is not really for us, we do have some pride (and a hugely underfunded military)

Reception-External

UK is only impacted by the market price not the supply. Very little comes from the Middle East.

MaleficentOlive9865

So there's no clean pure-play on this unfortunately, but a few names worth looking at: I think Babcock International (BAB.L) is probably the closest - it’s London-listed and they do a lot of UK/US naval and civil nuclear decommissioning. If you want one ticker that's most about this theme, it's them. AECOM and Fluor (both NYSE) have meaningful decommissioning divisions but they're big engineering conglomerates so you're getting a lot of other stuff with it. The frustrating reality is that most of the serious players (Bechtel, the UK's NDA contractors) are either private or government-owned. The market itself is real - something like $4-6B annually and growing as aging plants queue up for dismantling - but it's hard to get clean exposure. Babcock is probably your best bet if this is a thesis you want to run with. Worth digging into their investor materials to see how central decommissioning actually is to their revenue.

hibiscuscordoba

What exactly do you mean by this? Where do you believe the UK to be right now?

classic123456

He specifically said that UK needn't bother sending ships as they don't need them the wars already won

Petit_Nicolas1964

I thought he didn’t want the UK to offer support as the US had already won?!

rjm101

Started listening to this podcast, it may have a UK lens on things but most of the time its all applicable to US: [https://www.youtube.com/@iguk\_official](https://www.youtube.com/@iguk_official)

ResponsibilityKey50

After he told the UK to fuck off!

Former_Acadia2910

Look at where the UK is now, is that where you want to be?

Cymraegpunk

US coming cap in hand back to the UK begging for help to fix your mess in the middle east, think accepting a place as a commonwealth country under the crown should be the price.