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“A WHOLE CIVILIZATION WILL DIE TONIGHT”

Look, we've been writing about the Iran situation a lot lately. 

And honestly? We'd love to talk about literally anything else.

But we can't. Because… 

The President of the United States posted this on Truth Social:

"A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will."

So yeah. We're writing about Iran again.

Quick context for anyone who missed it: 

We put out a full Macro PRO report on the current Iran trajectory this past Sunday (click here to read it) - but here's a speed-run version of what you need to know right now:

The Strait of Hormuz is effectively closed. Pre-war, 20M barrels per day flowed through it. Now, virtually nothing.

Brent crude oil (the global benchmark for oil prices) has been zig-zagging between the "headwind zone" ($90-100) and the "stagflation zone" ($100-120).

Meaning: high enough to cause real economic pain, but not yet at the $120+ levels where serious recession fears kick in.

One of the (many) issues here is that it's not like there's a warehouse full of barrels waiting to ship the moment things reopen. 

That oil was never pumped. It just… doesn't exist.

The core concern being: 

The longer this drags on → the longer the recovery → the more overall pain.

Which brings us back to that post…

“A WHOLE CIVILIZATION WILL DIE TONIGHT” (P2) 🤦‍♂️

Here's the full Truth Social post from Trump:

That is un-hinged. Even by Trump’s standards.

And pushes (fly kicks?) us further toward ‘dragging on longer’ territory when it comes to the Iranian conflict.

Thankfully, ‘saying’ and ‘doing’ are two very different things when it comes to Trump.

The general consensus right now is that this is yet another case of TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out). 👇

And while we tend to agree - here's the god’s honest truth: 

At the end of the day, we have no idea which way this will go.

Nobody does.

And anyone who says they do with any sort of certainty is either wrong, delusional, or Donald Trump himself.

… ok, so if the takeaway is ‘who the hell knows’ - why are we even talking about this?

Because whether Trump acts or TACOs - this situation has a deadline measured in hours, not weeks. 

And the implications for risk assets (crypto very much included) have the potential to be significant.

If he acts, expect pain across the board - oil spikes, equities dump, and crypto gets caught in the risk-off wave.

If he backs down, a short relief rally is on the cards - but likely not one that will have much effect beyond the next couple of days, as the TACO trade is likely already priced in. 

(We’d need REAL de-escalation to genuinely see any lasting effects beyond this week.)

Either way, you should be watching tonight.

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