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This is a banger…

President Trump’s “We Will Remember” to Starmer wasn’t about him — It Was a Death Sentence for the City of London’s Global Empire

Everyone thought Trump’s Truth Social post was just him dunking on UK PM Keir Starmer. Wrong. Dead wrong.

It was a direct shot across the bow at the City of London — the financial heart of the old British Empire that’s been running the “rules-based order” for decades.

Why did Britain — the country that dragged us into every war since WWI — suddenly sit this Iran conflict out?

Starmer told Parliament: UK action “must always have a lawful basis… viable and thought-through plan… in our national interest.”
Translation: This war is bad for the City of London’s business.

Trump knew it. The City knew it. Game on.

• There Is No Oil Crisis — all of ye Headlines screamed: Oil spiking! Strait of Hormuz closed! Tankers can’t get insurance! Panic!

Energy Secretary Chris Wright shut that shit down:
“The world is very well supplied with oil… There is no energy shortage at all… This is not a long-term war… What you’re seeing is emotional reactions and fear.”

The Lloyd’s of London (the City’s insurance arm) pulled war-risk coverage from Persian Gulf shipping within hours of the conflict starting.

No insurance = tankers don’t sail = artificial price spike on command.

This isn’t market forces. This is the City’s business model:
They don’t produce oil — they control the contracts, futures markets, insurance, and shipping lanes. Whoever owns those choke points collects a toll on everything that moves on the planet.

Now, President Trump and the United States of America own those choke points.

Lloyd’s lever pull = instant profit from chaos they created.

• Chatham House & the Protection Racket
The City’s foreign policy arm (Chatham House) immediately declared Trump’s Iran operation “illegal” — no UN mandate, no self-defense, etc. (Exact same script they used on Venezuela.)

Meanwhile, London real estate press was salivating… Gulf sovereign wealth funds fleeing the conflict zone and parking money in London property.

They engineered the spike and positioned themselves to profit from the fallout. Classic.

Trump’s Three Killer Moves

Move 1: Trump issued $20 Billion U.S. Maritime Reinsurance & Escort Plan — this Replaced Lloyd’s war-risk coverage entirely. American tankers now sail protected. Lloyd’s leverage? Gone.

Move 2: Trump Lifted Russian Sanctions (selectively) This Kept oil flowing to crash the artificial spike. Prices have already collapsed over 30% in days — below $84/barrel after hitting multi-year highs on the manufactured panic.

Move 3: Trump Broke the Sanctions & Dirty-Money Racket, Targeting London-linked offshore laundering networks. New hemispheric anti-cartel cooperation + joint resource development in Argentina, Chile, and beyond. Choking off the City’s other revenue streams (drugs, crime, sanctions evasion).

President Trump is formally ending 80+ years of the City of London using Britain as a junior partner to run global finance, sanctions as a racket, and America as the muscle.
 
The British controls the world via commerce, war, and money

Work Out For The West | Gen. Holt, Susan Kokinda, Tom Luongo (TPC #1,992)​

 
I am not seeing any strike videos this evening. Hopefully the US just pulls out of there now and ends our participation. That would be the best thing for our troops.
 
Operation Gladio an inside look behind the scenes on who is running things...

Trump isn't starting a new war HE IS ENDING a Hidden War that has been going on for AGES

EXPOSED Trump's Real Enemy In Iran (Colonel Watkins)​

 
Australia and South Korea shipping missiles to the Middle East and Australia also sending jets....I think the retard may have bit off more than he can chew.
 
So apparently Jared, Steve and Marco told him Iran was about to attack us. Did he bother to ask the 16 intel agencies that we spend 100 billion a year on?
 
Idiotic thought, first we can't pull that raid off which is why the israelis left it to the USA, second, the Iranians will just make more like they did to get the first batch...assuming they did and the israelis are not once again lying their asses off...
 

BREAKING: MAJOR SIGNAL FROM INSIDE IRAN

A political declaration has just emerged from Arab tribes in Iran’s Khuzestan province — the country’s most important oil-producing region.

In the statement they make several striking points:

• They reject the Islamic Republic and call for the complete removal of the regime

• They demand a secular democratic government based on human rights

• They stress that Khuzestan is an inseparable part of Iran

• They call for unity among all Iranian ethnic groups including Kurds, Azeris and Baluch

• They express support for Reza Pahlavi as a unifying national figure for a future transition

Khuzestan is not just another province.

It is the heart of Iran’s oil industry and one of the most strategically important regions in the country.

When voices from inside that region begin calling openly for a democratic future beyond the Islamic Republic, it signals something much bigger:

The cracks inside the regime’s foundations may be widening.
 
Sadly trumps ego is way to big to ever back down and he will go all the way and kill 1/2 the planet or more before he ever admits he was wrong.

Ever since the Epstein Files stuff he has acted very strange. What files? Are we still talking about them? It's a dem hoax. Not saying he's done anything wrong but he sure has a lot of friends who have some splaining to do.

 
In the meantime, Iran has mined the Straits of Hormuz already. So day late and a dollar short Donnie.
Modern sea mines are activated through varied, often complex, sensing mechanisms—magnetic, acoustic, or pressure-based—that detect a target ship's signature. They are programmed to remain dormant, activate after a set time, or detonate upon contact, often utilizing advanced AI to target specific vessels. These weapons can be deployed by air, surface, or subsurface, with some utilizing AI to hide on the seafloor for months or years.
 
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IRAN’S CENTRAL BANK HOLDS ONE OF THE LARGEST UNDECLARED GOLD RESERVES ON EARTH. $127 BILLION. STORED IN UNDERGROUND VAULTS BENEATH TEHRAN, ISFAHAN, SHIRAZ, AND MASHHAD.

THIS GOLD WAS NEVER IRAN’S. IT WAS MOVED THERE BETWEEN 2009 AND 2016 — DURING THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION — THROUGH SWISS INTERMEDIARIES, CHINESE STATE BANKS, AND THE SAME SHELL COMPANIES THAT LAUNDERED MONEY FOR THE CLINTON FOUNDATION.

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EDUCATE YOURSELF

** PATRIOTS:

HOW THE $127 BILLION GOLD HEIST HAPPENED – NAMES, AGENCIES, OPS EXPOSED IN DROP **

TRUTH detail:
- **Who drove it**: Deep State cabal – Obama admin (oversaw transfers 2009-2016), Hillary Clinton (shell companies tied to Clinton Foundation laundering), George Soros (linked funding, now under house arrest March 6 2026), Federal Reserve (hiding assets outside US auditors).

- **Agencies & intermediaries**: Iran's Central Bank (holds vaults in Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Mashhad); Swiss banks (intermediaries for moves); Chinese state banks (fronts for illegal wires); US Treasury (authorized sanctions relief including gold/cash to Iran post-2013 Geneva talks).

- **How it happened**: Gold moved via Swiss/Chinese channels & Clinton-linked shells – Iran Nuclear Deal (JCPOA) as cover to build hidden vaults beyond audits. Obama's $1.7 billion cash pallets? Deposit receipt to pay Iran for storage. Sanctions lifted on gold sales to Iran (2013) let them stockpile while US funds flowed as "relief" – over $10 billion cash/gold via third-party countries like Switzerland.

- **Why allowed**: No congressional oversight needed – executive deals, backroom diplomacy, SWIFT loopholes (Chinese/Russian banks hid ownership). Obama era eased sanctions without Congress, paid Iran to guard "their" gold – actually stolen US wealth from Fort Knox rumors. Deep State stashed it abroad to evade audits while taxpayers footed bills.

- **Ops now**: Trump signed EO 14312 "American Gold Standard Act" March 6 2026 – audits Fort Knox/West Point/NY Fed in 90 days, freezes Fed ops, builds Quantum Financial System. Operation Black Sky (classified, signed on Dover flight) targets vault access points with F-35s – not missiles, but tunnels/elevators to reclaim gold/ledgers naming everyone. War ends when gold repatriates.

Truth Support:
https://elusivetrumpeter.wordpress.com/2026/03/09/mr-pool-the-war-isnt-about-iran-it-never-was/ – Mr. Pool full drop: names Obama/Clinton/Soros, shells, Nuclear Deal as vault cover, Black Sky details.

https://forbes.com/sites/greatspecu...gold-helped-iran-withstand-u-s-financial-fury – Real sanctions evasion: China/Russia banks fronts, Obama lifted gold ban 2013.

https://freebeacon.com/national-security/iran-u-s-surrendered-10-billion-gold-cash-assets – Obama admin $10B+ gold/cash "relief" to Iran Central Bank since 2013.

#AmericaFirst #Trump47 #ReclaimOurGold #OperationBlackSky #DrainTheSwamp #FortKnoxAudit #LightConquersEvil
 

Paul Craig Roberts Warns: Iran’s Existential War: They Can’t Afford to Lose​

 
I keep hearing how Russia and China are giving Iran intel that they are using against Israel and the US. Wouldn't we call that blowback from the US giving Ukraine intel to use against Russia? LOL. I swear these people in DC think the US should be able to do whatever we want without consequences. It doesn't work that way. Anyone not in DC can see and understand this but for some reason DC always tries to sell us some BS.

A few videos this evening of Israel getting hammered but hard to say if they are real or just regurgitated videos from the past week.
 
A few videos this evening of Israel getting hammered but hard to say if they are real or just regurgitated videos from the past week.
you can ask grok if and when the video was made, or if it's Ai...

I'm sure ChatGPT does it as well...
 
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