“The worst thing you can possibly do in a deal is seem desperate to make it. That makes the other guy smell blood, and then you’re dead.” – Big Brain Trump, Art of the Deal
— WinterWatch (@Winterwatch51) August 5, 2026
Really, is Iran not going to claim certain benefits and spoils from winning this war? Are the Big Brain Trump fantasists just going to continue to act as if they are in the driver’s seat?
DOA if Trump continues with his by midnight deadline threats. Iran will not only walk away, they will hit something. I still wonder about the carriers creeping too close.
— WinterWatch (@Winterwatch51) August 5, 2026
This buffoon must learn to stfu. No one likes to be threatened constantly https://t.co/BoMfz72hrk
— 256 Switches (@64switches) August 5, 2026
https://t.co/UP1hOf79UM pic.twitter.com/n0rZbsTKgI
— Iran Army Media (@IranArmyMedia) August 5, 2026
BREAKING: Iran REJECTS claim that Strait will re-open tomorrow.
Iranian officials say US has no part in the negotiations.
— ThePatrioticBlonde™🇺🇸 (@ImBreckWorsham) August 4, 2026
The new Iranian demands on top of the previous MOU.
1. An immediate end to the US naval blockade
2. The lifting of all US sanctions on Iranian oil, petrochemical products, and gas
3. An explicit acknowledgement of Iran’s right to collect maritime fees on every ship
4. The end of all attacks on Iran permanently by all parties
US Navy to be GONE.
Time to try another source and route.
RUSSIAN CONVOY OF OIL TANKERS GOING THROUGH THE ARCTIC TO GET TO EAST ASIA (at 7.5 min mark) (“Northern Sea Route”)
Map of Arctic sea route Russia is using
https://arcticportal.org/maps/download/maps-shipping/3299-arctic-sea-routes-with-main-ports-northpolar-russia-projection
Japan Gov originally reported that it had 178 days worth of oil reserves and now about 150 some days have passed, but they say to public “don’t worry”. It is noted that potato-chip makers cannot get essential materials for packaging so chips are now sold in plain black and silver packages and builders can’t get paint thinner which is holding up construction work in Japan.
In a recent podcast with Larry Johnson and he pointed out that the latest “peace deal” with Iran seems at least temporarily real due to key reasons
one of them being that Japan’s collapsing economy may have influenced Trump not to go whole hog on another attack as that would damage Japan thereby damaging the US economy (there are now millions or podcasters now discussing this issue). Larry pointed out that [Baptist (Christan Zionist???)] Scott Bessent has constantly undermined peace deals with Iran as soon as Trump makes them– being the Leslie Graham type neocon that he is.
Japan’s refineries are set up for the specific type of oil that comes out of the Persian Gulf which they have heavily relied on. The north sea route that Russia is currently bringing in large oil shipments to EAST ASIA–if Japan were to buy any of it– according to ChatGBT: “Japan’s refineries are among the most complex and flexible in the world, designed to handle” a variety of types.
I read one commenter say that the oil Japan was already importing from Russia from Far Eastern ports was mostly going to US military bases in Japan! Whether true or not it is plausible and anyway as Japan collapses those US bases are necessary for protecting democracy!!!