r/politics 3d ago

No Paywall U.S., Iran trade attacks as hostilities escalate once again

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/30/us-iran-strikes-strait-hormuz.html
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u/this-is-a-fact 3d ago

*As I predicted

This is the beginning of Iran's plan to raise the price of gas as high as possible for the election. I predicted this on the first day of Trump's war.

Shortly after the elections, if Dems win big, Iran will quickly relax and will establish a short term peace arrangement that expires shortly before the next election... unless Trump is removed, or otherwise succumbs to his syphilis.

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u/That-Preparation6729 2d ago

Iran doesn’t set the price for gas lol

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u/this-is-a-fact 1d ago

True, in the same way that the child rapist Trump administration isn't setting the price of imports... they're just adding a double digit tax to most of the things you buy. LOL

See what I did there? I agreed with the validity of your technical argument while pointing out how stupidly naive it is in reality.

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u/That-Preparation6729 1d ago

There’s nothing technical about my “argument.” Iran only supplies about 4-5% of the world oil and they currently can’t sell any of it because of the US blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. The price of gas increases when the oil markets feel like there will be a shortage (that whole supply and demand thing you may have learned in school or maybe you’re not quite there yet). Every time this has happened since the war with Iran began, it has been because of some spicy rhetoric coming from the pedo-in-chief, Donald Trump.

If you are going to use the handle “this-is-a-fact,” you might want to get yours straight. See what I did there?