China Pushes Back After Trump Tightens The Screws On Iran

The New York Times:

China lashed out at the Trump administration’s new sanctions campaign against Iran on Tuesday, warning that it would defend its interests and accusing the United States of disrupting the global financial order.

The reaction set the stage for renewed friction between the world’s superpowers.

So it turns out that China is not suddenly going to stab Iran in the back upon Trump’s orders. But that is the point. No one believed they would. And so now we have a renewed conflict with China, which we can escalate as needed.

It is important to remember that the merging of Project Ukraine with the Iran debacle cannot fully transform into nuclear World War III if we forget about China.

See also:
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U.S. Push To Isolate Iran Economically Hits A Roadblock With China
–What’s More Than ‘Maximum’? Trump Faces Limits On Iran Sanctions.
–Bessent’s ‘Economic D-Day’ May Not Eend The War — Or $4 Gas
–Iran Says It Is ‘Fully Prepared’ To Counter Widened US Economic Sanctions

Trump’s ‘Economic D-Day’ Threats Become Warnings For Countries To Sever Financial Ties With Iran

AP News:

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a new round of sanctions aimed at Iran on Monday and warned every country that does business with the Islamic Republic to sever those financial ties or face retaliation from the United States.

President Donald Trump’s pledge last week to unleash an “economic D-Day” against Tehran turned out to be new warnings to cut off Iran from the rest of the global economy. Asked why the U.S. was not imposing secondary sanctions on Iran’s trading partners, Bessent told reporters he wanted countries to have an opportunity to shift away from Iran before it was too late.

Operation Iranian Freedom V has begun. The economic D-Day has occurred. It was just more lame threats from the Trump Administration for China and the gang to suddenly stop supporting Iran, so that we can finally win Operation Iranian Freedom IV, since we cannot win it militarily. It goes without saying that China is not going to budge.

Instead of characterizing this development with a word that could be misconstrued as some sort of a slur, I will just leave a picture of Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent.

See also:
–U.S. Attempt To Strangle Iran’s Economy Depends On China’s Cooperation

Zelenskyy Says Wartime Elections Could ‘Destroy’ Ukraine

Al Jazeera:

“I believe that in a war like this, elections as such are a huge risk. Elections right now are a tsunami for the country that will split Ukraine,” the president said in comments published on Sunday.

“If we want to destroy the country, then we can move in the direction of elections during these times of war,” he added.

Supporters of Project Ukraine will continue to pretend that “democracy” is at stake in that idiotic war of NATO expansion.

Woman Works To Honor Oklahoma Veterans

KFOR:

Elaine Johns has been a champion for Oklahoma veterans. She has dedicated her life to fighting to preserve the legacy of the veterans who have fought for our freedom by working to have their service honored and awarded.

Johns has been putting the finishing touches on a new purple heart gallery at the American Military Heritage Museum in Enid. It sits inside the Oakwood Mall.

The American Military Heritage Museum at Oakwood Mall in Enid is free to the public and open Thursday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Thank you, Elaine Johns, for your service to the veterans.

Trump Says US Starting ‘Economic Warfare’ Operation Against Iran

Bloomberg:

President Donald Trump announced plans to inflict what he called “an ECONOMIC D-DAY” against Iran, underscoring his rising frustration with the country’s refusal to capitulate despite weeks of military strikes and a US blockade that’s crimped its oil exports.

Trump didn’t specify what measures he would take but his threat to target Iran’s trading partners, none of which he cited by name, put an immediate focus on China, which buys the bulk of Iran’s oil.

Although the Iranians have soundly defeated us in Donald Trump’s fourth unprovoked and anti-Constitutional war for Israel against their country, the war is not yet over. Thus, until we are stocked back up on ammunition for the next round of tit-for-tat strikes, Trump’s best idea is to start a fifth war–an economic war–to be fought conterminously with his ongoing fourth failed war.

It seems that the intent of Trump’s new economic Operation Iranian Freedom V is to maneuver China into the conflict. Meanwhile, his administration’s efforts to combine Project Ukraine and Operation Iranian Freedom IV into nuclear World War III are ongoing.

See also:
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Trump Appears To Have Dropped His Tit-For-Tat Approach To Iran Attacks In The Strait Of Hormuz
–NATO ‘Prepared’ To Defend Allies Amid Report Of Iranian Strike Plans
–Wilson, Hoyer, McCaul, Colleagues Introduce The ‘Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia And Iran Act Of 2026’

Trump Threatens Oman As It Works With Iran On A Strait Of Hormuz Deal

AP News:

U.S. President Donald Trump has again threatened Oman as Iran says it is working with the Gulf Arab country on a plan to manage shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Fully reopening the waterway has been a key U.S. demand.

Donald Trump has attempted to fool us into believing that he is somehow trying to engage in a diplomatic effort to end his fourth failed war for Israel against Iran. Upon losing his third failed war for Israel against Iran, POTUS signed a memorandum of understanding to leave the Strait of Hormuz governed jointly by Iran and Oman. The only diplomatic card that the Trump Administration has left to play is an attempt to co-opt Oman into allowing us to vicariously control the strait. That card is apparently not playing very well.

However, POTUS may not have enough time to manufacture a premise upon which to start an unprovoked war for Israel against Oman. Due to the economic pressure that he is forcing the Americans to endure in service to his Israeli lords and masters–and also due to the political pressure that his Israeli lords and masters are placing upon POTUS–Donald Trump is going to have to decide very soon whether or not to nuke Iran.

See also:
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Oil Jumps Past $91 As Trump Casts Doubt On A New Deal With Iran
–US Gas Prices Reach Highest Ever Recorded For August Amid Stalled Talks With Iran
–Trump Keeps Promising His War With Iran Is Almost Over. It’s More Likely To Get Way Worse.
–Iran Threatens New Offensive While US Rules Out Extending Ceasefire Deal

Trump Says Record-Setting Navy Deployment To Support Iran Operations ‘Not Nearly Long Enough’

AP News:

President Donald Trump downplayed concerns about the USS Abraham Lincoln’s extended deployment in the Middle East. Reports have emerged of mental health struggles among sailors, but the Navy says it has not observed an increase in suicidal ideation.

That’s the spirit.

See also:
–Yes, The Iran War Really Is Similar To Vietnam
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Hormuz Traffic Slows Further After US Threatens More Economic Pressure On Iran

U.S. Sending Fresh Aircraft Carrier to Middle East Amid Iran War Strain

The Wall Street Journal:

The U.S. military is preparing to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln with the USS George Washington as part of a scheduled Middle East deployment, U.S. officials said, amid growing concerns over living conditions aboard the Lincoln and the strain on troops during the Iran war.

This confirms the reports.

It will be good for the Americans to see how little regard Donald Trump actually has for the US military. There are a lot of good people who still ignorantly cling to MAGA, indoctrinated in Boomer Zionism, fooled by Trump’s false America First rhetoric, who need to wake up. If the crew of USS Abraham Lincoln are suffering, it is not in service to the USA.

Multiple USS Abraham Lincoln Sailors Have Tried To Go Overboard Amid Extended Deployment, Families Say

Military Times:

Lincoln’s roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines remain on a deployment that began Nov. 21. The carrier has been deployed for more than eight months while supporting U.S. military operations in the Middle East against Iran.

The deployment, which was anticipated to end in May, has been extended with no publicly announced return date.

As a Nimitz-class enlisted surface and aviation warfare specialist myself, about all that I will say about this situation is that the Lincoln Sailors should be thankful that their thoroughly-compromised Commander-in-Chief is not giving them the same treatment that another thoroughly-compromised Commander-in-Chief gave to the Liberty Sailors.

I cannot say that no United States Sailor has ever enlisted out of a duty to serve the Israelis, but it is fair to say that the average US Sailor understands that Operation Iranian Freedom IV has nothing to do with America, or with any American interest whatsoever.

See also:
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The Iran War Is A Whole New Level Of Quagmire For The US
–Strait Of Hormuz Ship Traffic Near Three-Month Low As U.S.-Iran Deal In Doubt

Trump To Axios: “We Are Low-Keying It” With Iran

Axios:

President Trump signaled on Sunday that he’s prepared to allow economic pressure on Iran to mount — as opposed to ordering a new military offensive — even as the country continues to defy the U.S.

This is what it looks like when you start a war without any ammo, a coherent strategy, or a clue. It is not Iran upon which the economic pressure is mounting; the economic pressure is mounting on the whole world. And the whole world does not have the patience to watch prices skyrocket while Trump half-asses another war for Israel against Iran. Donald Trump’s Israeli lords and masters especially will not allow this situation to persist. Our military buildup continues, and we will launch our alleged death blow against Iran soon enough.

See also:
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Rather Than Capitulating To The US, Iran Toughens Its Demands Over The Vital Strait Of Hormuz
–Iran Sets Out Steep Demands For Reopening Hormuz Despite Hopes Oman Deal Could Break Impasse
–Iran Says Strait Of Hormuz Won’t Open Until The U.S. “Corrects” Behavior
–U.S. Oil Rises Back Above $82 As Doubt Grows Washington And Tehran Will Reach Hormuz Deal

POTUS Continues Losing His Fourth War For Israel Against Iran

I recently reiterated my point that our loser-in-chief Donald Trump is prolonging his defeat in Operation Iranian Freedom IV by pretending that his administration is engaged in diplomacy with Iran for the main purpose of buying time to reload. Here are some interesting news items from the last few days:

–US Has Used ‘Virtually All’ Of Its Long-Range Precision Missiles During Iran War, Sources Say
–Trump, Hegseth Clashed At Camp David Over Iran Missile Depletion Concerns
–Donald Trump Vows To Hunt Down ‘Leakers’ Saying US Running Out Of Missiles

Of course we have all known for many years, thanks to the Globalists’ Project Ukraine, that we and our lackeys are out of ammunition and lack the defense industrial capacity to replenish in a timely manner. But Trump’s vow to hunt down the “leakers” tells you everything you need to know about the situation: it is only a “leak” if it is true that we are out of ammo. We are out of ammo.

–Dow Soars 900 Points On Strong Corporate Earnings And Hopes Of Iran Deal

POTUS also continues manipulating the markets with his false announcements about a deal with Iran. Make no mistake about it: the Iranians are not talking to us in any way, shape, or form. The only ongoing talks are taking place between Iran and Oman. All we can do is undermine their diplomacy to keep the war going, to buy time to re-arm, so that we can finally launch the big death blow strike that Trump has been running his suck about for months. Which brings us to the last point worth reiterating: there is nothing Trump can do to win against Iran without using nuclear weapons.

Trump Cancels Iran Attack, Citing Progress In Negotiations

Axios:

President Trump said Saturday night that he has called off a potential attack on Iran due to progress in negotiations between the two nations.

I will reiterate two points which I have previously stated: there are no ongoing negotiations between the US and Iran; and we are out of ammunition. POTUS is lying, frantically attempting to reload, manipulating the markets, skirting accountability, and buying time. Operation Iranian Freedom IV is not over.

Trump To Host Netanyahu, Zelenskiy As Ukraine, Iran Wars Reach Critical Stages

Reuters:

U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday, with wars in Iran and Ukraine at critical stages and his ties with both leaders markedly different.

While in town to honor the life of that traitor, Donald Trump’s two daddies are preparing to issue their orders for a compromised and compliant POTUS to officially merge both of the failed wars we are waging on their behalf into one big, stupid, nuclear World War III. There is simply no chance that US foreign policy is going to somehow improve as a result of these meetings.

See also: ‘A Disaster For America First’: Trump Allies Fear Netanyahu Meeting Will Pull US Deeper Into War With Iran

Trump To Axios: I’m Ready For “Strong Military Action” If Iran Talks Fail

Axios:

President Trump told Axios on Monday that he decided to pause U.S. strikes on Iran in order to give negotiations another chance, but stressed that he could order a return to expanded military operations if diplomacy fails.

POTUS is still, extremely pathetically, pretending that there is some sort of talk or negotiation ongoing with Iran. There absolutely is not. So when the non-existent talks inevitably fail to cause Iran’s unconditional surrender, POTUS will then pretend that he is reluctantly launching the big escalation he has been threatening ever since he immediately realized the failure of Operation Iranian Freedom IV.

POTUS is also now claiming that he halted his unprovoked war at Iran’s request, but that too is a lie. We are out of ammo, and it appears that our worthless Top Brass have finally decided to point that out to him.

See also:
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Trump Administration’s Revision Of Iran War Casualties ‘Huge Disrespect’, Say Veterans
–Just One In Three Americans Bback Iran War, Most Unsure Of Trump’s Goals, Reuters/Ipsos Poll Finds
–U.S. Air Defense Supply Shrinks During Iran War, Leaving Experts Concerned

Iran Says It Still Controls Strait, Not Seeking Talks, After Trump Halts Bombing

Reuters:

Iran said on Monday it was still in control of the Strait of Hormuz and not seeking to resume peace talks ‌with the United States, after President Donald Trump halted a two-week bombing campaign that his top brass told him had run its course.

Following 13 successive nights of intensifying bombing that provoked Tehran to fire on U.S. bases in response, Trump halted the campaign over the weekend. Iran said it would suspend its own attacks for as long as the U.S. pause endures.

There are no talks or diplomacy with Iran. Iran has no use for it, and the Zionist colony in Palestine, which owns Trump’s ass, would never allow it. The Trump Administration can pretend that there is some sort of diplomatic initiative happening, but we have seen this before. POTUS is backing off for the following reasons: to frantically replenish our wasted ammo, to prepare for the next round of aggression, and to manipulate the markets.

We started Operation Iranian Freedom IV to undo the failure of Operation Iranian Freedom III by taking control of Hormuz from Iran, and we have predictably failed. Iran still owns Hormuz, but if we do not fire, they will not fire back. We may be looking at the end of Operation Iranian Freedom IV, and the beginning of Operation Iranian Freedom V.

See also:
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Iran Rules Out US Talks As Hormuz Strait Remains Closed
–Oil Prices Slide As U.S. And Iran Pause Strikes To Give ‘Space’ For Diplomacy

Iran Foreign Minister Says Ukraine’s Attack On Iranian Vessel ‘Cannot Go Unanswered’

Reuters:

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas ​Araqchi said on Sunday a Ukrainian ‌attack on an Iranian commercial vessel “cannot go unanswered”.

Iran said the attack in the ​Caspian Sea resulted in an ​explosion that killed one sailor and ⁠injured another.

It has been a while since I blogged about our proxy war against Russia in Ukraine. Nothing has changed on that front: we lost the war as soon as we started it in 2014. And nothing has changed about our war for Israel against Iran: we lost the war as soon as we started it. If you are a cynical warmonger who refuses to accept defeat, what do you do in the case of either of our failed wars? Your only option is to try to escalate your way out of defeat. Escalating both failed wars into one big dumb idiotic failed war would, I suppose, seem like the ultimate solution to a bunch of braindead Zionist and/or Globalist chickenhawks.

It appears as though the Trump Administration’s push to add Iran to the Russia sanctions package was the first clear signal that they plan to merge their failed war in Ukraine with their failed war in Iran. Why else would we have our sock puppet dictator in Kiev hit an Iranian ship? If Iran responds, will our EU vassals finally link up with us in the Iran war? Will we invoke NATO Article 5 against Iran, as if our puppet government in Kiev were a legit NATO member, as some on our side have been clamoring to do against Russia? Is the bozo Donald Trump merely pretending to back off from Iran, and pretending to engage in diplomacy with Iran, to give our proxies space to launch the provocations that will be necessary to merge our stupid wars?

See also:
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U.S. Pauses Attacks On Iran For A Second Straight Day And Tehran Does Too
–Trump Wants To Give U.S.-Iran Talks ‘Some Space’ As He Weighs Escalation, Aide Says

Trump Holds Off On Major Escalation Against Iran As Advisers Raise Concerns

The New York Times:

President Trump has set aside, at least for now, plans to sharply escalate the American military assault against Iran, with particular concern that intensifying the war could dangerously drain the Pentagon’s already diminished stockpile of Patriot antimissile interceptors and other air defense munitions in the Middle East.

The threat to interceptor stockpiles is one of many considerations that have made a return to major combat operations a hugely risky endeavor, administration officials say. Mr. Trump and his top aides are also uneasy about the prospect of a widening war in the Middle East, the alienation of key Gulf allies who are vulnerable to Iranian attack, a global economic crunch, and growing energy and refugee crises.

There are no “talks,” and there is no potential Hormuz deal. We knew we were out of ammo before we even started our fourth unprovoked, lost war for Israel versus Iran. So is this the calm before the storm, or has that cowardly little Trump backed down from his Zionist high horse?

It is, of course, the calm before the storm. Trump is going to invade Iran, and it is going to be a disaster. These idiots simply cannot help themselves, and the lives of our troops mean even less to these idiots than the lives of those little girls they raped on Epstein Island.

See also:
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Trump Pulls Back After Iran Crosses His Red Line As U.S. Military Breaks Two-Week Streak Of Airstrikes Amid Talks For Potential Hormuz Deal
–Trump Says Full-Scale War With Iran ‘If We Don’t Get 100% Of What We Want’: Report
–Trump Ordered Military Not To Conduct Strikes In Iran Friday
–Iran Reports No U.S. Strikes Overnight As Tensions Remain High
–Houthis Claim Attack On Saudi Oil Refinery As Iran War Widens To Red Sea

Trump Threatens A Major Escalation In Iran After 13 Straight Nights Of Strikes

NPR:

The U.S. continued airstrikes in Iran on Friday while Tehran launched retaliatory attacks on U.S. targets in the Gulf as the region braced itself after President Trump said he was close to deciding whether to launch the biggest offensive of the war.

“I am considering a massive attack. Bigger than ever before. I am close to making a decision,” Trump told the Axios news outlet.

As with his thirteen straight nights of strikes, and his three previous failed wars, that Trump idiot’s impending major escalation is going to accomplish precisely nothing.

See also:
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Trump Says He Trusts Russia And China’s Leaders Not To Enable Iran
–Scoop: U.S., U.K. Planning International Conference On Strait Of Hormuz
–Bahrain, Kuwait Warplanes Struck Iran In Rare Gulf Retaliation
–How A U.S. Ground Operation In Iran Could Unfold

U.S. Surges Forces Toward Middle East, Giving Trump Options To Expand Iran War

The Wall Street Journal:

The U.S. is surging forces, medics and weaponry to the Middle East to give President Trump more muscular military options as he considers expanding the conflict against Iran, according to people familiar with the matter.

There is no option to expand this war that will matter, unless we use nukes. At no point was Operation Iranian Freedom IV–or any of Trump’s other unprovoked wars for Israel against Iran–going to succeed. Hence the surging of troops and supplies to the Middle East. POTUS does not give the slightest damn in the world how unpopular or detrimental his whale hunt is to the Americans. POTUS only serves that Zionist colony in Palestine. Hence the surging of troops and supplies to the Middle East.

But there is one crucial thing which we are not surging into the Middle East: ammunition. And that is because we are out of it.

See also:
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House Adopts $95 Billion G.O.P. Budget For Iran War
–Support For Iran War Among Trump Voters Plummets: Poll
–Trump’s War On Iran Is Unpopular And Expensive. He’s Perfectly OK With That
–Analysis: Iran War Energy Shock Hits The U.S. Economy As Gas And Diesel Prices Climb
–Trump’s Air War In Iran May Be Reaching Its limits