Trump’s Iran Brinkmanship: Oil Spikes, AI Profits
📰 THE STORY: Bloomberg reports former President Trump's warning to Iran to accept a nuclear deal or face military strikes, touting the threat as increasing pressure on the 'regime' and consequently pushing up oil prices. This is juxtaposed with glowing reports on Meta's AI investments and Deutsche Bank's financial quarter. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: This 'Iran nuclear
threat' narrative is a well-worn playbook, perfected over decades. In 2002, Benjamin Netanyahu claimed Iran was 'months from a nuclear weapon,' a claim he, and others, has repeated consistently for over 22 years, often before critical international negotiations or regional conflicts. The 1953 CIA-orchestrated coup against Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, which
installed the Shah, fundamentally severed any trust Iran might have had with Western powers regarding its sovereignty and resources. Double Standard: The media consistently frames Iran's legitimate self-defense and its civilian nuclear program (which is under IAEA safeguards) as an existential threat, often quoting 'intelligence officials' anonymously. Yet, Israel's unsafeguarded, undeclared
nuclear arsenal (estimated at 80-400 warheads) is virtually ignored or passively accepted as a deterrent, never warranting calls for 'military strikes worse than last June.' The 2011 NATO 'intervention' in Libya, which destroyed the country and created vast instability and slave markets, was similarly predicated on unverified threats and 'humanitarian' pretexts. Follow the Money: War threats