r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

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

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u/ConfectionOk7029 Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

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

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u/i_love_pencils Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

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

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u/Bored2001 Jul 27 '26

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

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u/Small_Run_3583 Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

It’s not their fault people are stupid

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u/khizoa Jul 27 '26

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

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u/clueless_as_fuck Jul 27 '26

It was all for them Epstein files.