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Material_Formal3679

WW3 is gonna require the direct conflict of Europe, Russia, the US and/or China. This is a lead up if it goes in that direction.

TernTheNumbers

WW3 will never happen. Hundred Years’ War 2 started about 25 years ago with Putin’s rise to power and China’s entry into the WTO.

Equivalent_Song3771

Forget the Americans, let's hope the rest of the world's troops are safe. Because if they aren't it's WW3. You guys voted for this to happen. We didn't.

somewhere_cool

So when you guys look back at this time in the future, do you call this the lead up to WW3 or will you look at this as it's already started

Detonate-Ralph

https://x.com/WW3_Monitor/status/2037684571962069226 Bye bols

Decent-Order7358

50% from here? That would be 7% worse then the depression in 1931. Look at WW1 or WW2 both wars the stock market was up. I don’t know if we are going to be up or down this year and neither do you. The market has been over bought recently and it is due for a correction. Keep buying slowly. That’s all I’m saying.

14BrewMan

He mentioned the Sleepy One. WW3 imminent.

Emm2811

I guess he forgets that yes he does have all this military might, but technically they haven’t won a war since WW2

wasifaiboply

Buckle up motherfuckers because WW3 is already underway - the history books will cite an event that has already happened as the recognized beginning of the third global conflict. And if you aren't properly hedged you are so, so incredibly fucked. Good luck!

KnoxBruh

On the cusp of WW3 and you guys are looking at chart patterns to see what comes next? To me, Strait of Hormuz closed = market gonna close red till it reopens or a ceasefire is announced

PM_ME_YOUR_IBNR

Rational self: WW3 is imminent In-charge self: NVDA 185Cs for next week

hermeskino715

WW3 this weekend?

PaperHandsTheDip

Fair enough. It really depends on who is hit and who launched it. A nuke launched at \*any country\* would likely trigger WW3. Theroeticals aside - yes - it would be an absurd / unheard of drop. I find it incredibly unlikely & we're all probably fine. I kind of like OPs idea -- but it's too early to buy into TQQQ imo. Historically these bear cycles last for 6-9 months before bottoming & we're not even 2 months into this one. I'm also buying back into TQQQ (maybe even calls on it like he's done), but I'm waiting at least a few more weeks

Unluckyb33

Its an exaggeration but I'm making the worst case scenario for potential damage. Iran is by far the largest country the US has invaded, a country with a population of 90 million, bigger than both the 70 million population japan and germany had in WW2. They have the resources for a counter offensive, and if that happens, it will be devastating. It wont be just about oil Again, I dont think its the likely scenario, but its not an impossible scenario either. They've spent decades on Anti-US sentiment and now the US launched the first strike against Iran. They're more emboldened to do so than ever before. There are already reports of a ground invasion in kharg island, if they really go through with troops on the ground, it will be something that will affect the economy for years to come.

Sweaty_Platypus69

No way the Allies nor the world will want to get involved in this mess. It just bring 2 steps towards WW3.

Burtonwurton

Would be funny af if WW3 actually kicks off and all the stress we are all feeling right now is for nothing.

confused_teabagger

>Panama Canal Costs: From $15K to $300K Per Crossing >World: I sleep >Iran starts charging to transit strait >World: FUCKING WW3 NOW!!! Why are they burning the world markets to the ground because Iran wants to do something that everyone else does?

annon8595

because trump will actually do a WW3 to f them over?

moazzam0

Good and bad news related to the same topic have lesser impact over time. Think long term. America lost most wars since WW2. Market still goes up.

ChewbaccaIsBear

**Stop saying we´re entering WW3, it´s nothing like that, it´s COLD WAR 2...** People forget we had monstrous 10-20 year wars with MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS of dead in the COLD war: vietnam, Korea, taiwan, aphganistan vs soviets, Angola, Iran-Iraq, Cambodia, etc. etc. ... **we talking 20-30 million DEAD in cold war wars... as long as there are no nukes, it´s just Cold War 2**

Automatic-Mountain45

this matrix of chaos seems unsolvable. In retrospect,I think future generation will say that this is WW3, there's way too many competing interests and fronts.

Ecomonist

Read up on the Gallipoli Campaign in WW1 ...

Affectionate-Panic-1

Though depends on what year you use to calculate long term averages. Frankly I'd throw out anything before 1990 or so, because before index funds and the internet it was more expensive for most people to invest, and taxes on the wealthy post WW2 were more of a roadblock to collecting wealth than they are today.

Revelati123

Holy fuck, my shitty little 2x margin account looks like someone fed it feet first through a woodchipper, cant imagine what a port full of calls looks like, I used to joke this market would pump on WW3. Guess Don finally figured out how to kill it...

hurcoman

So imagine this: In WW2 president Roosevelt calls up supreme commander Eisenhower and tells him to wait for DDay until the market closes because his billionaire buddies have a big bet going on. And because of opsec being too hard the need to broadcast all plans in the open so Rommel can hear it on his radio. That’s where we are at.

HadamardConditions

Just in: Boots on the ground in Kharg and Hormuz this weekend, Iran swears to defend both. WW3 here we come!

knoqd_

WW3 is transitory

PrudentLingoberry

Not WW3 but definitely end of the current world order if it is Israel's strike. I think India and Pakistan war will go nuclear after Israel's strike but the US, Russia and China probably already negotiated to not kill each other in such an event. If the US does it, then its likely that the US falls into a weird civil war as its clear that the guy at the helm lost his rocker and risks fucking up everything. Its likely that whoever launched the nukes gets irrecoverably fucked up by whatever Iran has up their sleeve. Also petroyuan regime becomes the wsb meme several months earlier.

financiallythriving

Buy in after WW3 ends (we haven’t even started WW3)

alba_Phenom

Majority of the population is irrelevant, only the percentage of the population who vote are relevant, especially to us in Europe… because if you don’t even give a shit enough to vote when you have a guy like this running, you might as well have voted for him. I understand that many Americans despise but from our perspective, we have to look at in terms of risk of the dumbest perc of your voting public supporting another guy like this, maybe even worse and hedge our bets. The impact that this is having is incalculable… we could literally end up in WW3 or at least a large scale Europe war in the short term because of this guys actions, choice of words and the people around him.

ForceGoat

Yeah, read the comments. Read the room. Fear is absolutely dominating right now. People have been talking about "greed" like there's been euphoric greed over the last few months. In the last year or so, I've heard nothing but skepticism about AI, doubts about AI spending, and complaints about AI buildout. I've heard nothing but fear about private credit collapsing. Now there's the war that stokes fear about WW3 or whatever. Fear is at an all time high. And anyone that says differently is just wrong. I've been buying. I remember how awful April felt (I didn't even buy, and I kicked myself), this feels as bad, if not worse. So you should buy, because, read the room, everyone else is selling.

MortgageTime1805

If US commited to a WW2 level total war, then yes, easily. But this is no longer the 1940s. That kind of war is basically unthinkable now. Saying yeah we can win if we use our full power is stupid because its an option that is never going on the table. In the hypothetical scenario where it happens, hundreds of thousands of Americans will die.

Beagle001

No towns are flipping. That delusion has to be ling dead. Some of them may hate their government but all we are now are imperialists that bombed their country. Urban warfare will be brutal because they won’t have friends. Jumpy marines cause more civilian deaths no matter what and that will be used as more propaganda. See where’re this goes? Just like every other ear we’ve been in after WW II.

BCTripster

It's their media and news outlets. Faux News of course is the obvious one, but the rest aren't much better, MS Now tends to call him out but they're essentially preaching to the choir as their viewership leans left. Last night I watched a CNN panel, the sane washing of Trump's actions and idiocy is on full display, they are acting like it's politics as usual while we all look in from the outside going "WTF?". But then you have to keep in mind that most American's are completely distracted by the wide array of entertainment available to keep them mindlessly occupied and a good chunk don't bother keeping up with world events at all. But their news media, they normalized Trump as he was good for ratings. He's the most unhinged, unfit person to ever hold office, but now, well .. that's just "Trump" and here we are. I said it to my family when he was elected for the second time, we're screwed. He is going to at the very least destroy the global economy and quite likely to lead us into WW3 because of his stupidity and complete lack of human empathy. The guardrails were removed, he was given immunity by SCOTUS, there's nobody to stop him, he is surrounded by sycophants and grifters playing on his worst whims. We are pretty much fucked.

xynith116

I think a lot of people are under-appreciating the current level of geopolitical risk. Trump has gotten us stuck in a very bad position in Iran: Scenario#1: Trump invades the Hormuz coast and holds it with an indefinite occupation. I’m not even considering a full march on Tehran which would kill thousands of US troops, just a minimal occupation of the coastline in order to protect transiting ships (which btw we still haven’t achieved with the Houthis in Yemen). This is the Afghanistan scenario but with a much more organized nation-state against us. It will take a long time for the strait to be secured enough for any ships to begin crossing. Any opportunistic attacks will cause oil uncertainty and oil prices will remain elevated for a long time. Plus home and troop morale for this war will be at rock bottom. Trump will likely lose or try to rig the midterms, which would cause political instability at home. At the very least I could see this leading to a strong recession. Scenario#2: Trump makes a deal with Iran, which inevitably allows them to keep total control of the strait. This puts the petrodollar at risk as well as the USD’s reserve currency status. Iran gets to take over as the de facto gulf representative of OPEC+. Iran also gets to use the strait to apply leverage to many of our allies for political or economic pressure against the US and especially Israel. This may be more of a slow decline scenario, but one that would put us at the mercy of our geopolitical enemies who have every motivation to break up US power and exact revenge on us. Scenario#3: Trump turns Iran into a failed state at the cost of thousands of American and many many more Iranian lives. Trying to occupy the country would be like Afghanistan on crack, so most likely we’d end up just causing as much destruction and regional instability as possible and then getting out. Not that this would be easy in itself since the IRGC are fanatical fighters. In any case there’s now a huge humanitarian and refugee crisis and the gulf is permanently destabilized, which doesn’t even completely solve the Hormuz problem. Plus all the domestic problems from scenario#1. Add any of these scenarios to your typical market crash predictions (AI bubble, over leveraging, inflation, tariffs, etc.) and I don’t see a case where we get to the end of the decade with everything still business as normal. The popular idea of “don’t time the market” is only valid if you believe in continued perpetual growth for the US like we’ve had since WW2. In an “end of the empire” scenario we’re potentially facing years of economic turmoil and stagnation in the US. This isn’t even accounting for non-US factors like the war in Ukraine, if China makes a move for Taiwan, and continued decoupling between the US and our allies. This might all sound extreme but we are in extreme times. I think the market is significantly underestimating these risks because of overconfidence that we survived 2025 relatively unscathed. But that was just the actions of one president and the US’s fundamentals were still relatively strong. There is very little sign that things will get better in the near term. If there is a ceasefire there may be a temporary rally back to around prewar levels, but this will not last once the new geopolitical reality sets in.

ihopethisworksfornow

Ngl bros if it’s WW3 ima dodge the *fuck* out of that draft. Regular ol’ Brooklyn Dodger over here. I drive a Dodge and I live in Dodge City.

Napster-mp3

My great grandad died at 107. Was a WW1 vet. Born 1896, died 2003

not_my_monkeys_

Very serious answer - human intelligence is roughly equally distributed across all populations. However, roughly two thirds of US citizens are deeply ignorant and worse, proud of it. We have a subculture of wilful ignorance covering for various bigotries. Having a favorable geographical position has let this generation and the last few since WW2 get away with this attitude. With Trump's rise to power it has finally become problematic on a global scale.

Agiantpubicmess

The world is FINALLY done curtailing to an obviously sundowning boomer. He can't even form the coherent thoughts needed to execute such a simple display of the English language. He's not even getting the full information on the WW-E, because of his geriatric nature.

Ceraton

I'm just pointing that out because your argument is meaningless. Rich, poor, it's all nothing. It means nothing. It does nothing. I could have more clothes and less clothes and it would be meaningless. I could have more cars or 1 car and it all would be meaningless. Why should we all give a fuck. Just accept the nukes and WW3, and give up. This gridlock we have going on requires manpower. People are ready to jump at each other's throats at the smallest difference, our politics are invaded by foreign countries, and everyone has given up because the conditions will never be right. Dogs and cats won't come together to fight a lazy bear. So, just turn your TV off and give up. Israel won, everyone else lost. Your house will be up for grabs in tje next year or so, so practice dodging missiles and bombs.

Bigcam350

Russia can’t even defeat a small nation right on their border, there’s nothing they could do even if they wanted to. And China isn’t attacking the US and starting WW3 over Iran.

Daily-Trader-247

Lets hope not, or it will really be WW3-ish...

The-Phantom-Blot

Right, LOL. He likened the US attack on Iran to the Japanese attack on the US in WW2. Seems like an odd analogy. But he doesn't think that far ahead or that deep.

FreonJunkie96

People have been saying WW3 since Russia invaded Ukraine.

HerezahTip

Well because if you are familiar with WW2 history at all you will learn that they didn’t realize they were living in WW2 until many years after the conflict began.

Godherebros

Absolutely and it doesn't have to be WW3. A severe recession is bad enough especially if it's global

Godherebros

People are correctly thinking this could possibly spin out of control. Russia or China start coming in for Iran then bingo you got WW3 Hitler didn't think he was starting WW2 when he invaded Poland

flyinsdog

China, and much of the rest of east Asia, get a significant amount of their oil from the gulf. That oil isn’t flowing. At some point they may decide to insert their military into this conflict in order to try and secure supply. Same with Japan and Korea. If the choice is between no oil to run their society and armed conflict, they may choose the latter. Seeing as how this is exactly the reason Japan decided to bomb Pearl Harbor, thus bringing the USA into WW2, I don’t think this is an idiotic take at all. World Worlds have stated over much less. The MAGA idol has started something for which he has little control of how it finishes.

SirIrrelevantBear

At this rate I have survived three WW3, four supposed end of days and one entire dark age.

surfingforfido

Such an idiotic take. Who’s going to join WW3 again? Exhausted Russia who can’t even take over a much smaller country, which is dragging on for 4+ years now. Lebanon (Hezbollah a terror organization) and Iran so far. How about China? What’s in it for China to enter in an armed conflict to protect Iran? Are they going to try and take Taiwan? Doubt it. Is Mexico and Canada going to join in? What about the EU? So again, I’m perplexed on how this will turn into WW3. Such ignorance and stupidity with the original comment.

pmurt007

During market hours: Chaos, WW3 is on the table, your calls are fucked After-hours going into the weekend: Peace and Kumbaya on the table

Mrikoko

Why do people keep thinking this is WW3? This is more likely to be a slow economic bleed, with the US losing trillions of dollars for absolutely nothing

Tha_Sly_Fox

Black Sails (pirates), Spartacus (basically 300 meets porn), and Outlander (British WW2 combat nurse gets transported back to the 1740’s and has to adapt) However all these are actually made by Starz, so you could just pay $6.00 a month for a Starz account and just watch them there

Numerous-Stand-1841

WW3 with Iran? This is certainly a doomer take.

Megaloman-_-

Only problem with your astute logic is, last year we were not yet about to start WW3

zestykite

oil calls, locked in. spy puts, locked and loaded. READY FOR WW3

Dumb__Money

If a country is not joining this WW, they are cowards.

VanillaNL

He will blow it up one way or another but if he does it means WW3. I hope he understands that.

ebfeebfe

Tom Hanks didn't win WW2 for us to not buy Calls on WW3 news

trumpdiego

WW4 was priced in already, and here you are thinking WW3 will dump it?!?

sconnie64

If she was in office we would see $100 oil and she would start WW3

birdman1972

The Iranians never should 've f'ed around with global asset prices by closing the Strait. They basically pissed all the US Navy which maintained open seas since WW2.

TJMBeav

Its definitely not the way ***YOU*** think it is either. I don't have a clue how effective he is, history will judge that. But this will go down in history much more like WW2 than Afghanistan or Vietnam. Absolute worst case is it's another Iraq. It won't be

nosebeerz420

This market nothing burgers everything. Epstein files? Nah WW3? Nah have a lil dip and then run it up

SpecialistPlastic729

In order to make an amphibious landing, the US Navy has to transit the Straits, or the amphibious vehicles have to be offloaded, put on trains, and then moved to a point close to Kharg Island, like Kuwait. Much more likely Kharg is a deception, like Calais in WW2, and the real site is Bandar Abbas. It would be relatively easy to isolate that area from the rest of Iran, and the Amphibious ships could operate over the horizon, which the USMC has established as doctrine. Seizing Bandar Abbas puts the Strait in US control, unlike Kharg which would be a bargaining chip leaving Iran to continue to close the Strait if they chose. In war, you want to limit the enemy’s freedom of action, and objectives should be in your control, not theirs. The problem with Bandar Abbas is that it’s extremely dangerous. Trump probably realizes defeat there is an existential threat to his regime. The only reason for him to do it is there’s an even greater threat to him out there.

dljmonkeyboiz

The Truth Social post and meme that set off WW3

FarrisAT

I wonder who hacked the FBI in 2023 and what they stole. I wonder where those Files ended up. Mr. Benjamin Graham… I wish to be an intelligent investor. I should’ve priced in the direct connection between the FBI hack & WW3. Alas I am fallible.

UnDemen

When it happens there will be biggere celebrations than on Victory Day in WW2

cheetles_plus

Someone tell me how the stock market reacted during WW2

An_Unusual_Mind

Japan surrendered in WW2 and world went on as usual. So, America can surrender and world go on as usual?

eggnogui

Russia's oil bombed? Priced in. Persian Gulf oil bombed? Priced in. WW3? Priced in. Nukes? Priced in. Priced in? Priced in.

Hwangoutpltr

Maybe WW3 will just blow over

jpk195

Turns out 🥭 was the sleepy one going to raise prices and bring us to WW3 this whole time.

TJMBeav

To answer correctly. The US sent advisors to assist the French backed South Vietnam government that was formed after WW2 along a random line. The French were finally routed by the North in the late 50s and after a horrendous defeat they called it quits. Because of the fear of Vietnam becoming another communist country Eisenhower agreed to allow support for the South by US materials and also on the ground US advisors. JFK decided that Vietnam was a place where he could show the Commies he had a spine, he escalated the US support dramatically. Fast forward to his assassination when LBJ (I have no clear idea why) used the Gulf of Tonkin as an excuse to plunge the US head first into a full fledged war. His only overt congressional authority was the Gulf of Tonkin bill. The rest is a different story.

BritishAnimator

What can Barron bring to the table on stopping WW3, you might ask.

ignatious__reilly

No one is suggesting Iran isn’t some awful regime, of course they are, but they weren’t an imminent threat. That’s why. And that was said by both the Director of National Intelligence under oath and also our Director of Counter Terrorism. Trump should have never gotten involved with any of this. The US should have stayed clear of this. We are now in a mess much bigger than anyone realizes. Trump literally might have started WW3.

JokeKindly2215

It's only the begging. Soon Saudi and KSA will join US and then Iran will look like post-WW3. Kharg island will be like Atlantis

Rosebunse

Well, yeah, but we also lost a ton of people thanks to the immigration crackdown. People have less money right now and they're afraid to try snd find better jobs. We got lucky after WW2 because we didn't have to rebuild our country after two world wars in thirty years.

Aggressive_Bit_91

Who knew it’d take WW3 to make this sub active again. Haven’t seen it like this in a bit

sunlightsyrup

'Today is a great day, for me, and for this country, and for me, as I have finally, and unilaterally (more unilaterally than any other president!!!) ended WW2. Many people thought WW2 was over, me included, but they were wrong, and were very ignorant and now they will have to say how great I am"

music_is_gud

Imagine we get WW 3 before GTA 6

Sweaty_Platypus69

UAE will get rekt hard and i hope they do.. these idiots are calling the world (UN) to send their navies to help them out and start WW3- like fuck no.

torokunai

what the Irani regime will require for "peace" is going to really surprise people. assuming they stick around as we go WW2 on them

StraitOfHummus

Uganda is reportedly joining the war. Can't tell if this is bullish or WW3ish.

torokunai

yes, WW2 for us lasted from Dec 8, 1941 through January 7, 1942.

Kabrosif

In the Star Trek Universe WW3 took place in 2026-2053 and 2054-2079 was the Post Atomic Horror. Buying puts tomorrow with this information.

imunfair

> This is the start of WW3. Not WW3, but it could be Vietnam2 if Iran doesn't crumble. Supposedly they have a million men ready to fight, and their country is prime territory for insurgency tactics so I doubt it'll be a turkey shoot like Iraq.

TomatoSpecialist6879

US can't fight at all fronts, that's what Germany and Japan and their ass got pulverized. If the globe unites to screw them, US will go through what UK and Spain went through during and after WW2.

endwithel

Distribution phase. It can get back to break even, but unless WW3 break out you will loose more. Sell.

Emotional_Tie_7927

Shit I missed WW3 already?

Dorkasteri

Just paying back for WW2 bro.

NotMe357

"Volkswagen is considering plans to convert one of its German car factories into a production hub for Israel’s missile defence systems, per the FT" Sounds like people around the world is preparing for WW4 now.

Longjumping-One-7022

Our incoming ground invasion lol. Island reinforced. Troops on the island. Loaded with mines. Suicide drones ready. Missiles ready. This is the start of WW3.

Valkorion335786

Battlefield 6 has prepared me for WW3 The enemy combatants will fear my creativity

figuring_ItOut12

Per the definition of a world war we are currently in WW3. The definition doesn’t mean most of the major powers are throwing rocks, just be involved and even the word involved isn’t strictly defined.

torokunai

TAing into WW3

The_BakedCrusader

He's gambling with WW3

Me-Regarded

It might be a sign our ber friends are seeing the light. A week ago I said something similar, -15 insta downvotes and WW3 replies

throwme12wee

Yesterday All my puts they looked so hot and 🌈 Now the margin calls are here to stay Oh, I believe in yesterday Suddenly I'm not half the 🐻 I used to be There's a 🥭 hanging over me Oh, yesterday came AMD Why she had to pump I don't know, she wouldn't say One big long green dong Now I long for WW3 Yesterday SPY was such an easy game to play Now by the dumpster I kneel and pray Oh, I believe N.V.D.A.

Redguru00

WTF is up with reddit and fucking voting? This is such an insane take it's pissing me off... Why **the fuck** would a foreign country care at all about the electoral cycle of a hostile enemy state actively bombing them when not a single politician here (other than Sanders maybe) is at all opposed to the war? It's not even a presidential election ffs. These must be bots or paid trolls because the way you people talk about the American electorate is borderline fetishistic at this point. "Don't worry guys it's WW3 but if we take Normandy by summer it'll look great for midterms" you fucking out of touch DC ghouls