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meadowender

I think even he knows that footage of a US naval vessell, badly damaged or even sinking and 100's of sailors lost at sea or coming home in body bags would be disastrous for him. Don't get me wrong the US carriers are incredible things, the biggest and best in the world but anything that floats can be sunk. It only takes one sub to get through, one lucky torpedo strike. In WW2 the German battleship Bismark, the biggest and best in the world was crippled by British biplanes before being sunk by the Royal Navy. A torpedo hit the rudder and totally crippled it, it was dead in the water

Randointernetuser600

I can’t imagine going into WW3 with him as our leaders

DragonTacoCat

I mean, the US hasn't actually won a war since WW2 soooooooooooooo......

Dad_Bot

who would thought buying puts at ATH in the middle of WW3 would've been a bad idea

BGMilan

But what about WW3

Thebaxxxx

Tom fat cock lees' theory about market signals and war is actually insanely genuis. WW2 was some real shit and bols got lucky thanks to a stout russian hold at stalingrad. Meanwhile, this war had only a few days of mild turbulance (no circuit breaker) and basically signaled "Iran is a nothingburger" in under a week when the sell off came to a screetching halt. All those years of posturing and fear surrounding iran, calling them unbeatable. Our entire lifetimes spent under the constant barrage of their cynisism towards the usa. And here we are, watching them capitulate in under 1 month. The market knew this ahead of time - which is fucking nuts. The market knew iran was going to have a crushing defeat with no impact on anyone.

ActionNorth8935

I love how we're never going to get a red day ever again. Oil at $200? well that's bullish now somehow. WW3? Great time to own stocks. Let's face it. Whatever happens, stocks are going up.

MattKozFF

The US market during WW2 bottomed in 1942. Earnings are expected to be strong. Trump put limits downside.

Then-Wealth-1481

A week ago we were talking about WW3.

Blueberryburntpie

During WW2 in occupied France, French civilians had almost no gasoline. Some of them converted their automobiles into coal fired vehicles to be able to drive.

Choice_Potato_6279

Yeah, buying always works long term no strings attached, it's by design of the shitty paper they print, you need some armageddon for it to not work, markets survived pretty quickly WW II so they can take almost everything.

pete_topkevinbottom

WW3 will start as soon as the shelves are empty from tariffs

obbie29

The world is heading for WW3. The money is flowing everywhere

audionerd1

Sentiment alone doesn't predict the market. We are quite possibly on the brink of WW3, the the deranged president of the U.S. seemingly threatening nuclear annihilation of Iran. Of course, if WW3 does break out you'll probably have bigger things to worry about than your stock portfolio.

Ok_Hand5810

LMFAO! Hello again little buddy. Have you just been stewing in anger the past week waiting for your predictions to come true? Typical retail trader. Well you will have to wait a little longer. US control over the strait is an illusion. Do you really think Trump is going to fire upon a Chinese vessel and start WW3? Several tankers bound for China have already bypassed the US "blockade". China has already made a statement that the strait is open for them, and they do not expect the US to interfere. TACO gonna TACO.

nesp12

WW3 has been priced in. Buy before the radiation cloud gets to you!

Cobainism

Trump threatening WW3 and destroying the oil market is priced in. We’re not seeing a bear market until Mag 7 can’t return on investments in AI

Cobainism

Trump threatening WW3 and destroying the oil market is priced in. We’re not seeing a bear market until Mag 7 can’t return on investments in AI

Cobainism

Trump threatening WW3 and destroying the oil market is priced in. We’re not seeing a bear market until Mag 7 can’t return on investments in AI

bobdevnul

The current situation is nothing special. Zoom out and consider all that has happened over the years of good and bad presidents and keep investing. You don't have to love or even like Trump. Just tune it out and keep investing. Concerning how unstable the world is ATM: I have been investing for over 30 years and the world has always been in a state of turmoil more often than not. Zoom out at least to the early 1900s and think about what has gone on - WW I, WW II, Korean war, Vietnam war, 45 years of the Cold War with the Soviet Union, two wars in Iraq, 20 years of war in Afghanistan. Those are just the wars. There have also been good presidents, bad presidents, and all sorts of other turmoil. How has stock investing done though all or that? It has been a very good and easy way to make good money with long term investing. Timing the market based on short term current events is a fools errand.

tolgasocial

Great so now he's trying to spread more chaos around the world so we have better chances for WW III

beedunc

WW3 started the day Russia invaded Ukraine. Study your history.

drew-gen-x

Stocks bottomed only 5 weeks after the USA entered WW2. 3 weeks was more than enough time for stocks to bottom due to this little pissing match b/w DJT and Iran.

OkLength37

I see why Warren buffet retired, Bernie Madoff? Eh Enron? Eh. 2008 almost saw the collapse of all financial markets? Eh. Oh now there’s a pandemic and we will shut down society? Eh. WW3 and trūmp is prèsident? Yaaa I’m gonna head on out.

Me-Regarded

Did ber think we'd be pushing all time highs by Tuesday? I was told WW3 and total economic collapse this week.

clouts1

Gas 5 bucks, WW3, 🌮 Jesus, and spy 700 just like we all predicted

Hubbabubbabubbagum

Neither side can claim physical victory so theyre waging a hearts and minds campaign. It's a race to see if the regime collapses faster than it can generate a rally around the flag effect or US moral lasts long enough before something serious creates a rally around the flag effect. If an aircraft carrier goes down or the marines get pushed off the beaches when they make landfall by a swarm of drones all bets are off. 50/50 moral collapse on US side or nation rallies behind the idea of glassing Iran. If the US takes out Iranian infustructure 50/50 bet weather the citizens eliminate the regime or rally behind it. Nobody wants to bet on those odds. So were meming it up in dis bish. Same thing happened in Italy in WW2. Tactical stalemate led to propaganda campaigns to compensate for each sides failure to achieve victory on the ground.

bearhunter429

#Bers collapsed faster than France during WW2 LMAO🤌

bearhunter429

#Hearts of Iron is one of the few video games that allows you to play as Germany during WW2 LMAO🤌

Traditional-Koala927

It's really not so hard to convince Chinese people to eat shit from the media so that POTUS does not end up ruining the lives of the elderly via 401k Source: Am Chinese and would not hesitate to flirt with WW3

Jebusfreek666

SPY 2% off at. Fucking clown market. Clearly nothing is prices in though. Gonna roll my puts and hope for WW3.

Master-Rip8741

Just follow what china is doing 😂 There's no way that they're gonna start WW3 over this /s

Rw1222

BUT freedom of speech also they are the ONLY good part of this dumb WW3

hv876

You know WW2 was bullish for stock market. Go ahead, China, why don’t you escort your vessels and pay toll to Iran. Archduke Ferdinand needs company.

bearhunter429

#Ber were hoping for WW3 but now they have to suffer global peace and prosperity LMAO🤌🗽🦅

tekniklee

I totally expect China to send an oil tanker right through the middle and dare them sink it so we can officially give WW3 a start date?

Ninja_Cooter

Imagine if they actually had a deal. Bers still holding onto puts praying for WW3 is just sad.

dringledrangus

I'm here to admonish when this all goes to WW3. But it won't.

CATLLM

Just woke op. WW3 over?

boyinahouse

Imagine hoping for WW3 so this kid can make $70 off some short dated puts. op needs to go outside and touch grass.

victoryboiiTCG

How does a blockade affect the movie making business? If anything, imagine all the WW3 films to be made. NFLX is a no brainer.

SubduedWeed

Bers aint returning for WW4 lmao

nonameVeo

You reddit doomsday activists are so weird. A. wtf do you mean "probably sooner," you know nothing. B. Why are you so heavily rooting for WW3. Life that bad that the only way up is to hope for WW3 so you can get drafted? Leave us out of it then wacko

purplejesus2315

War is no way near over. We’re entering WW3

No_Issue2334

Why should it? Corporate earnings estimates have expanded, not contracted. The market reacts to profits being hurt, not bad things happening. Profits have so far been largely unchanged No one is going to WW3 over Iran lol

Powerful-Ad4836

Maybe we do need WW3 🤑

mrroofuis

All you have to wait for is to have the US shoot down a Chinese vessel Or a Spanish vessel crossing the straight(triggering NATOs defense of Spain) This stupid blockade puts us closer to WW3 than ever before The blockade is so stupid. No allies have joined the US

Worried_Quarter469

We’re pumping on China entering WW3? Am i getting this rite?

Jealous_Archer_4522

Imagine how high it would go if we actually had nuclear WW III

MyNameIsntSharon

Blockade proven stupid and useless, China flexes as the world superpower. Or WW3.

CanIMarginThat

it's either you buy the dip and you profit if the war ends amicably or we enter WW3 and everyone dies anyways

and188aa

WW3

enfuego138

At this point it’s either TACO or China tries to provide a military escort for their ships transiting the strait and it’s WW3.

Chlo-Motion

The Orange Man who Cried Wolf can announce WW3 tomorrow and the market will still be green

Ryanhussain14

People have been "predicting" WW3 since 2022, get the fuck out of here. At this point, everyone knows that Trump is too chickenshit to actually do anything.

TrapHouse9999

I checked those put options were expensive over the weekend. They all hoping for WW3 to save them now

Clem_Backtrex

The market already priced the blockade weeks ago when oil ripped above 100. What you're seeing now isn't "nothing," it's the market saying this escalation was expected. The US navy move was telegraphed for days through diplomatic channels before it hit the news. Markets react to surprises not confirmations. Also worth remembering that oil already did its move, shipping rates already spiked, defense stocks already ran. The WW3 framing gets clicks but the actual trade flow disruption is more limited than people think since most Gulf oil goes east through alternative routes. If you want to see the market react, watch for something unexpected like China retaliating on US shipping or a physical confrontation at the strait.

Remarkable-Action708

Just thinking , at what point countries like China, India, Japan, Australia and pretty much rest of the world say enough is enough, you are destroying our economies too. WW3

umtala

The only reasonable way the US can enforce the blockade is to send a helicopter and board. They are not going to sink a tanker, would look very bad. China just needs to put some of their special forces on there first. US is not going to risk starting WW3, hopefully.

ohshitski

“You’re gambling with WW3”- 🥭 was really ahead of his time

Quick_Rent_Now

That's WW3 ending. We wont get there until we all die.

walkertexasranger90

You are correct. There’s also usually an economic boom after a large conflict because so many resources that have been allocated to the war come back domestically. This probably won’t matter as much in modern times with a globalized economy, and a military industrial complex that never stops, but after WW2 there was a huge boom because we were in an all out war. All resources and corporations feeding the war machine. Then all that money and production got focused stateside again.

CoughRock

fire on civilian ship is a war crime. Normally it can be ignore if it's a weaker country. But with china. Be prepare for rare mineral export ban 2.0 if taco want to push the boundary. Then you got double inflation catalyst, fed will be force to rate hike. If us navy commandeer chinese vessel, get ready for WW3. Bully non-nuke country is one thing, but nuke capable country is another.

Far-Guava6006

The start of WW3 or yet another TACO.

bobbymcpresscot

the USN is too scared to get within 600 miles of Iranian coastline, I'm not exactly sure how they would be blockading anything. Bombing/boarding any ship willing to pay the toll? China has destroyers in the arabian sea rn, this is some wildly goofy escalation that could result in a massive international incident in the middle of an international incident. It could either be a bluff to manipulate the market, or forcing other countries to get involved so they can get their shipments, and hoping China doesn't just say "fuck you I do what I want" and start escorting ships through US blockades knowing the US won't start WW3 over a goofy ass war of choice.

absolutxtr

No. It's still the start of WW3, unfortunately

JustDoc

Or WW3. Im tired, boss.

Ephemeral_limerance

Like what? Not buy US treasuries? Liquidate their remaining 700B in U.S. treasuries at a discount? It’s a drop in the bucket to current U.S debt. Unless a country is willing to open fire on the blockade to risk WW3 with the US, it is effectively closed.

BjergBetterThanFaker

you retards told me to vote for mango and we're about to have WW3 and complete economic collapse. holy fuck i'm never listening to you retards ever again

ddrsdght

🥭 ego so big that he has to be the one that started WW3

Separate_Fold5168

We just need him to post a picture of Allah and we can light this WW3 fuse off at last

FINRAdude766

Again, why does the U.S. need to feed these non-U.S. people indefinitely? Why can't someone else handle it? The U.S. has sent an absolute shit ton of foreign aid to poor nations ever since the end of WW2. 

Skylair13

If they actually do that and not just empty talks (they still allow Azerbaijan's oil to flow through them into Israel) it would lead to breakdown of NATO. And throw us into WW3. NATO's 2nd largest Military against Israel... with Germany (4th) and United Kingdom (7th) more likely to side with Israel. Spain and France being more 50:50.

Col_Treize69

I think the market keeps telling itself "They can't all be this stupid" and clearly none of them have read about how WW1 started- a slow build of people going, "No one is THIS stupid" until you're in a trench staring daggers at Germans

Lively420

I don’t wanna take the time to go through my comment history, but I’ve been calling this exact scenario since the beginning of the Ukraine war in 2022. Following the money you could see the world was positions for a global conflict, with China dumping treasuring and limiting exposure, to the October 7th attacks being used as a pretext to finally go to war with Iran after a 2 years softening campaign of its proxies and logistics, the movement we sent a carrier group I knew that we was going to war. This is the BIG ONE that will spill over into full destabilization. We have multiple nuclear powers at war through proxy or direct, nuclear proliferation is happening and this is the first time in human history unlike the beginning of WW2. With nuclear testing already being done don’t think if any of these powers were back into a corner they wouldn’t use a tactical nuke. What’s even worse… is that this is deeper than geopolitics….. This is a spiritual war going on, our souls are on the line. These people who control the worlds chess board are trying to fulfill a prophecy and there are non human intelligence that is acting as an invisible force behind all this. That is the bigger picture, its consciousness. They want yours

radishr

Any ship leaving or going to an Iranian port. That would include Chinese ships, so yeah, WW3 if no 🌮.

Miracle_007_

If China escorts and sends their tankers into Hormuz and they are attacked, we are in WW3. The US population and no support for the war with Iran to begin with.

StrangeInsanity

The whole idea that when Taiwan gets attacked it'll lead to WW3 is hyperbole. They said the same this about Russia attacking Ukraine. There is no such thing as any one country being prepared "well" for a world war 3. What I am saying is we live in a multi polar world and invading any country or region (be it nuclear power or not) is plain stupid. Even if big countries have the capability, most leaders are wise enough to not do it. The point I was trying to argue was you saying "China is not capable because of their lack of Oil reserves". And I was trying to counter by saying we are underestimating their capability and even if they had all the resources, they'd still not do it because they are smart.

plznodownvotes

Trump desperately trying to start WW3. Fucking fat retarded ass clown

Red_Zone_Broly

I guess the WW2 mustache man was right

2ManyCatsNever2Many

you missed the last panel - it is supposed to have the tiger saying, "...and i'm liberating the US" (which will happen indirectly because the cracks are showing in some GOP congressional members who publicly support but privately are questioing. while we can truly say these actions are getting us closer to WW3, they are also getting us closer to the invocation of the 25th amendment)

millerlit

Fuck man, just put some wheels on those tankers.  Nobody ever heard of WW2 duck that tourists ride in

Extreme-Island-5041

I've never heard The World Cup referred to as WW3. I like it. It is fitting.

BoringRedHorse

The US general population voted for Trump, and even now his approval rating is STILL higher than Obama was at his lowest. What makes you think the US military feels any different from the general population? I'd expect a 50-50 split where half of their ordered forces would still respond and execute. Plenty enough to start WW3.

lurgancowboy

WW3: just like the other world wars you know and love but with ~~advertisements~~ hydration breaks.

Castopliani

Ready for WW3 Polymarket Civilian deaths in 2026? <250 m Buy Yes 9¢ Buy No 91¢ 250m-500m Buy Yes 17¢ Buy No 84¢ 500m-750m Buy Yes 34¢ Buy No 66¢ 750m-1b Buy Yes 24¢ Buy No 77¢ >1 b Buy Yes 22¢ Buy No 78¢

wsb_crazytrader

Don’t worry, you’ll get some here replying to “buy the dip”, because it always worked in the past, despite every Broker telling you ‘past performance does not indicate future results’. We had 80 years of post WW2 order. What we’re seeing now is unprecedented. We won’t go back to the pre-2020 world, ever.

Cashmoneytendies

Imagine a US war ship tries to stop a Chinese tanker… WW3 bois

climb4fun

WTF? The US is now setting up conditions for a conflict with China and Russia by blockading their tankers? Americans: Why aren't you don't everything you can to impeach this idiot who not only will trigger a global recession but possibly WW3!?

afishinacar

Celebrating bad news before market reacts is a bold move considering what’s happened recently. That said, I moved 2k shares of sgov into a few stocks I liked the price of last week so it’s probably deep red and WW3. Sorry friends

ILikeWhatISee69420

🥭, TACO, oil, blockade, strait of hormuz, SPY, global economy, nukes, WW3, and Iran. I am monitoring the situation.

Early-Vermicelli3322

Hopefully mankind can start from scratch after WW3…

millerlit

That will be interesting when they blow up a Chinese tanker and set off WW3

Icy_Assist4467

I think we might be in WW3 right now

fomoandyoloandnogrow

Some of you might be saying “oh this is a nothing burger” “Oh market will still be green” Just fyi, last time US embargo’d an Asian nations oil supply, was just before WW2 And if you think the China Taiwan meeting this week wasn’t a key red flag, idk. But you better hope he cancels the blockade or gets 25th’d otherwise we’re all cooked

AllCapNoBrake

Been cooked since they took in fake scientist back after WW2.

Wise_Monkey_Sez

\> This announcement is expected to weigh heavily on global energy markets, as it will bring the trickle of traffic through the Strait to a complete standstill. No, it won't. China or some other nation will order some ship with a skeleton crew to run the blockade, effectively calling Trump's bluff. If Trump fires on the ship it'll be WW3. The USA will have pissed off so many nations that they'll be fighting a war on a hundred different fronts. While the US military is powerful it is also not capable of fighting a global war on its own. US planes and ships will be vulnerable on a global scale and EU is likely to play the "NATO is a defensive alliance and you started this war you muppets." card. So Trump will chicken out. He always chickens out. Everyone knows this. Also, the US economy can't survive on its domestic oil supply. Blockading the Straits of Hormuz will hurt the USA more than it hurts anyone else. And Iran? Iran doesn't care. They'll continue to hit oil infrastructure in the Middle East. They'll be supported by less oil-dependant nations like China who are profiting heavily (both politically and economically) from this stupid conflict.

cedrus_libani

Oil tankers are slow, flammable, and expensive. If Iran doesn't want them to pass, they can launch drone bombs at them. It's possible to defend against this, but it's not foolproof, and it only takes one hit to ruin your day. The US has a huge navy. If they want to block the oil, they can wait outside of drone range and intercept any tankers that are trying to make deliveries. Pretty sure this starts WW3, but it's entirely possible.

Yokoko44

Without the US, Iran would have closed the strait 40 years ago lol. EU has been freeloading off of US military protection since WW2, pay up or shut up losers

Automatic-Unit-8307

WW3 started, bullish for market. UK has joined USA In his interview with Fox News, Trump also said that the UK and several other countries would be sending minesweeper naval craft to the Strait of Hormuz.