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Opinion: The Iran War Was The Greatest Market Manipulation Scheme In U.S. History

It was a heist perpetrated by a sitting president and his cronies

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Dash Dobrofsky
Jun 16, 2026
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It is not hard to understand why Trump went to war with Iran, and why he announced a deal was reached—numerous times—before an actual deal was reached.

It was all a strategy to create volatility in the stock market and oil prices

In the same week Trump would announce a deal was in the works, he’d attack Iran and announce that he was bombing them, causing …

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