Why Trump Didn’t Predict the Gas-Price Spike. Trump continues to insist that the Strait isn’t a problem for the US. How did he get Hormuz so wrong? The answer reveals one of Trump’s most characteristic mistakes: his steadfast refusal to acknowledge that Americans live in a world economy.

Arrogance with stupidity is the peak achievement for MAGA

Expecting reasoning and logic from that man is not fair to him or any sane living being on the planet.

Because he is a moron

Because he has no comprehension of the global oil and gas markets.

His backers and the speculation on the stock market, plus trump buying 800k barrels of oil personally few days before action against Iran. Venezuela two weeks before secured all the high sulphur oil reserves possibly needed. Much speculation was made anout the liw quality of oil in venezuela and years to upscale production. It not being finacially worth it in the face of OPEC production. However if you knew in the near future OPEC would be out of the picture, it makes perfect sense. Alberta already produces high sulphur oils, the refining of which can be upscaled. Especially if the enviromental safeguardes are removed, like last week. Trump is benefiting from this apparent chaos but is not its architect. This action with the decimation of OPEC production firmly leaves america and russia as the main players. Just the way certain parties liked it during the cold war. Like the trope goes, follow the money.

People think he is stupid or ignorant. He’s not, he ignores stuff because he doesn’t care and got a tunnel view for his greedy targets. But what throws people off is that he is also extremly opportunistic. To hurt and sabotage but also to cash in. 

There are very few consistent constants about him and those are almost never talked about. I hope it is because some people work on those. 

1. He’s not actually that dumb.

2. This is misdirection (by the Atlantic) to legitimize the attack.

3. All legitimate reporting has to begin with tje cause of the war being the epstien cover up.

4. The Atlantic loves epstien.

It’s not a refusal to acknowledge anything… it is stupidity, laziness, and pure narcissistic sociopathy.

Trump is an expert at destroying businesses and losing other peoples money.

He is just applying this to the US.

people keep saying hes not that dumb. hes either doing it intentionallly or hes dumb. because literally everyone knows what happens when you attack the middle east, price of oil goes up and causes markets to fall. People with any energy knowledge and the political and or geographical knowledge, know exactly what happens when the straight of hormuz closes and that its one Irans stronger positions of power, since 20% of the worlds flows thru there. Also you would know that if you attack iranian oil infrastructure, that too would raise the price of oil/gas.

So hes not stupid or dumb, hes doing this intentionally. got it

I think he just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to launch all those missiles.

Zero sum worldview has its downsides.

# “his steadfast refusal to acknowledge reality”

I fixed it for you!

Easy. He’s a fucking idiot who thinks he knows everything.