The pause was always the weapon: Controlled chaos and the breaking of Iran

At 5:22 a.m. on Thursday, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that the United States would hit Iran “VERY HARD TONIGHT.” Less than 90 minutes later came a second post: Over 100 million barrels of oil had passed through the Strait of Hormuz under American control, not Iranian.

Then a third, within the same […]