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

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 the market to swing by several hundred billion, sometimes trillions of dollars in both directions—as well as fluctuate the price of oil for traders to make a killing throughout all the volatility.

Remember: The market doesn’t need to go up for traders to make money. They just need to know where the price of each stock—and the price of oil will be—so they can place bets on the futures.

What we know

Trump views U.S. troops as disposable. He proved that when he called soldiers who died in war ‘suckers and losers’—and when he told John McCain he prefers war heroes who “weren’t” captured.

To Trump, troops are as disposable as the Depends he wears.

Of course he would send them into a war to enrich himself and his cronies.

Then there’s his obsession with Obama

Trump tore up Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran and, according to reports about what’s inside the MOU, Iran has reached some of the exact same agreements as they did with Obama—only Iran is actually better off than they were under Obama’s.

Even JD Vance said on Fox last night “I would say Obama, why in the world if it’s the same thing, why is it that the gulf Arabs hated your deal and they love our deal?”

If Iran is happier with Trump’s deal than it was with Obama’s, that pretty much says it all.

And this morning Trump back away from getting Iran’s enriched material, saying: “You could make the case, why even bother? It's not very valuable stuff."

Thought that was the whole point of war, buddy!

Let’s be real

Do I think Trump is stupid? If you view his decisions from a foreign policy and national security perspective—then yes, he is a moron.

This alleged deal, and this war, were massive blunders. Billions of federal dollars spent per day, U.S. lives lost, no progress on stopping Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and reportedly $300 billion to Iran in reparations.

A disaster of a deal for America and American taxpayers.

But if you view Trump’s decisions as those of a greedy man who was able to cause trillions of dollars in daily fluctuations in the stock market and ten-figure swings in oil prices with his announcements—while having friends and allies placing bets before each of them—I’d call it the greatest market manipulation in American history.

Theft is the better word, actually.

And he gets away with it because he controls the SEC, the FBI, and the DOJ—and the states he doesn’t control are too afraid to go after him or any of the traders who participated in this heist.

Wrap-up

Just wanted to offer a potential perspective on how—and why—this all played out the way it did with Iran.

Thanks for reading. Happy Tuesday, guys.