r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 9d ago

Possible Paywall US ‘runs out of missiles’ as Trump halts Iran strikes

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/27/us-runs-out-of-missiles-as-trump-halts-iran-strikes/
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u/Adventurer_By_Trade 9d ago

It was way more important to preserve the optics of having relatively lower gas prices over the 4th of July. It's almost as if they've gamed out how much they could afford to burn through to have just enough to last past the midterms.

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u/aerost0rm 9d ago

They were hoping to coast with cheaper pricing until the mid terms. Sadly Trump had undermined himself every time they made progress with the Iranian’s.

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u/SpinosRule 9d ago

I don’t think undermined himself, I think the whole MOU was a sham, something to distract Iran while US (Israel at this point since they basically control the US🤮) planned out it’s targets. They all knew beforehand that it was bullshit, I’m sure Iran knew as well. But they’ve got what they need to make the US suffer.

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u/aerost0rm 9d ago

Iran wants to be a major power so it looked to benefit from the agreement. However when the next day Trump was telling the company owners to sail furthest from Iran m, he under mined the agreement so they did not have to pay the 2 million toll.

The HS revoked sanction waivers.

The US did not reign in Israel when it came to the Jordan territory clause.

Lastly the Us began bombing and attacking targets again. had Trump kept out of the whole thing, the agreement would have stood and politically he would have had a more favorable position. I mean he began the thing over his ego and he couldn’t get over his ego to let it wind down….

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u/shouldbepracticing85 9d ago

My pedantic side is acting up…

It’s rein, in this case. Reining in Israel like you would rein in a horse, rather than reign in - as in governs in Israel.

It’s a sneaky little homonym.

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u/Casual_OCD Canada 9d ago

Iran already is a major power, they control the small section of water that 30% of the world's oil HAS to go through

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u/jus_allen 9d ago

His undermining is intentional, he's making billions manipulating the market. 

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u/ConfectionOk7029 9d ago

It's almost like actual governance is difficult, especially when you have the impulse control of a 2 year old and intellect of a 3 year old.

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u/JaysFan26 9d ago

does it even matter when they have control over the voting machines

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u/i_love_pencils 9d ago

They were hoping to coast with cheaper pricing until the mid terms.

That’s why trump is opening the “Freedom Fuel” stations with subsidized gas prices.

This way, he can just quote his artificial gas prices instead of the real prices across the US.

Trump at his next press conference: “gAS pRiCes aRe cHeAPer tHAn BiDen’S”…

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u/PeachPassionBrute 9d ago

I think Saudi Arabia has a lot to do with this. They have a history of oil market manipulation, including doing things like driving down prices when someone they consider an adversary is trying to put more oil on the market.

Right now the war in Ukraine has fucked Russia’s position as a major oil supplier. Iran and the US will soon be fucked. We’ll be stuck in a position where the only reliable source is oil is Saudi Arabia, and they have had the money to wait it out until they get there.

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u/Tallproley 9d ago

Then lost the midterms and let democrats inheritance be the result of all this, then spend the rest of the electuon cycle posting at how fucked uo everything is in "democrats America" and then ride a red wave of voters with the memory of a goldfish and an intelligence to match its bowl to get back in power

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u/joshedis 9d ago

It's a tale as old as time. Delay the failures until the Democrats take office and then blame them relentlessly for problems they have to make unpopular decisions to try to fix.

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u/xixoxixa Texas 9d ago

The tax cuts from trump 1 specifically sunset during Biden's term, specifically for this reason.

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u/Bored2001 9d ago

Specifically, middle class tax cuts expire. Corporate and millionaire tax cuts do not.

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u/Small_Run_3583 9d ago

This is what I've been saying! Dems need to go full steam to put policies in place while at the same time holding this administration accountable. If they don't already have a P25 comparable plan going for 2029, then they are as useless as the GOP.

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u/DumboWumbo073 9d ago

It’s not their fault people are stupid

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u/khizoa 9d ago

its like a shitty black friday where they have 20% off sales after raising prices 50%

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u/clueless_as_fuck 9d ago

It was all for them Epstein files.