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Graham to Trump: ‘Wind down’ Iran war, ‘wind up’ efforts for peace deal

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Monday he has encouraged President Trump to “wind down” the Iran war and “wind up” efforts for a peace deal while noting that it would take an agreement from both parties to resolve the conflict in the Middle East.

“Keep it up Mr President. Wind down the war and wind up efforts for an historic peace deal,” Graham wrote in a post on social platform X, responding to Trump’s Truth Social post touting “serious discussions” with what Trump described as a new and more reasonable regime in Iran.

Graham has recently come under criticism for public comments that seemed to suggest support for using ground troops in Iran.

I do find the image of Chappel Roan siccing her goon on an 11 year old for smiling at her to be very funny though.

WSJ: Trump told aides he's willing to end the US military campaign against Iran even if the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed, administration officials said, likely extending Tehran's firm grip on the waterway and leaving a complex operation to reopen it for a later date.

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The unstoppable march of technological progess

UPDATE: Iran’s "reverse indicator" trading advice continues to play out in real-time:

At 4:12 PM ET on Sunday, Iran's Speaker of the Parliament said pre-market news is a "reverse indicator," if they "dump" the market, then "go long," and "if they pump it, short it."

By 10:00 PM ET last night, S&P 500 futures had fallen nearly -1% on mounting war concerns.

By 12:00 AM ET, 2 hours later, S&P 500 futures had reversed all losses and turned green.

Then, at 7:25 AM ET today, President Trump posted that "great progress" is being made on peace talks sending the S&P 500 +100 points off of its low.

Now, at 3:00 PM ET, just ~7 hours later, the S&P 500 has turned red and is down -100 points from its high, once again "reversing" price action.

That's a near $2 trillion swing in S&P 500 market cap in less than 24 hours.

There is truly never a dull moment in this market.

Iran's trading advice to US investors actually worked.

At 4:12 PM ET on Sunday, Iran's Speaker of the Parliament said pre-market news is a "reverse indicator" and if they "dump" the market, then "go long."

At 6:00 PM ET, S&P 500 futures opened nearly -1% lower and fell just 30 points away from correction territory.

By 11:00 PM ET, S&P 500 futures had reversed all losses and turned green.

Then, at 7:25 AM ET today, President Trump posted that "great progress" is being made on Iran peace talks.

Now, the S&P 500 is trading +100 points above its low seen just hours ago, adding +$900 billion in market cap.

We are in the most unusual times in market history.

Reporter: There's a report that the US is going to let a Russian oil tanker go to Cuba?

Trump: If a country wants to send some oil into Cuba, I have no problem with that.

Reporter: Do you worry that that helps Putin?

Trump: It doesn’t help him. He loses one boatload of oil. That’s all it is. It doesn’t bother me.

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