Valuetainment - March 23, 2026


“Obliterate Iran’s Power Plants” - Trump PAUSES Iran Power Strikes Amid 48 Hour Ultimatum


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8 minutes

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194.84805

Word count

1,712

Sentence count

78

Harmful content

Misogyny

2

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Hate speech

6

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Summary

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Trump announces no further U.S. strikes on Iran over the Strait of Hormuz. Iran calls the announcement "psychological warfare" and says they reject any narrative of negotiations. Iran says they will not return to pre-pre-war conditions as long as this continues.

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00:00:00.000 If you want to pull up this tweet by the president this morning, is this the one from 48 hours ago, or is this the one from this morning?
00:00:08.060 This morning.
00:00:09.500 Okay, I am pleased to report that the United States of America and the country of Iran have had over the last two days very good and productive conversations
00:00:17.800 regarding a complete and total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East based on the terror and tone of these in-depth, detailed, and constructive conversations
00:00:28.580 which will continue throughout the week i have instructed the department of war to postpone any
00:00:34.380 and all military strikes against iranian power plants and energy infrastructures for a five-day
00:00:40.300 period subject to the success of the ongoing meetings and discussions thank you for your
00:00:44.940 attention to this matter now rob if we go to this two days ago it was a different tweet that he put
00:00:50.320 up there right just two days ago less than two days ago he put up a tweet saying if iran doesn't
00:00:56.320 fully open, without threat, the Strait of Hormuz, within 48 hours, from this exact point
00:01:02.560 in time, the United States of America will hit and obliterate their various power plants,
00:01:07.080 starting with the biggest on the first, one first.
00:01:10.220 Thank you for this attention to this matter.
00:01:12.320 Keep in mind, he said this while the USS Tripoli was going there, and Tom was doing the timing
00:01:17.080 of how long it was going to take to get there, and then after this announcement to, say,
00:01:20.880 five more days, Rob, if you want to pull it up to see how the markets reacted, oil went
00:01:25.760 down from 98. Look at the drop on how oil dropped. The announcement is made at 710. It's at 98.59.
00:01:31.960 Look at the immediate drop from 98.59 to 85 bucks like this. After the announcement,
00:01:38.820 it went up to 92.93. I think right now it's at $89. And then the Dow pre-market, Tom just said
00:01:44.520 a minute ago, is up 700, point and a half pre-market. So Tom, what do you think is going
00:01:50.500 on here with this announcement that the president made this morning? Is it real that they have the
00:01:54.520 talks because pull up the Mario and the false story real quick as well, Rob. You know, Iran 0.83
00:01:59.720 fully rejects Trump's claims from this morning. There has been no indirect or direct contact with
00:02:05.320 the president. Officials accuse him of trying to buy time and claim the U.S. halted strikes
00:02:10.020 after a firm warning from Tehran. They also call his statement psychological warfare and reject
00:02:16.200 any narrative of negotiations. Iran warns Hormuz will not return to pre-war conditions as long as
00:02:22.000 this continues, why it matters, two completely opposing narratives now, no talk versus productive
00:02:27.140 talks, raising the risk of sudden escalation, sources Reuters.
00:02:30.660 Tom?
00:02:31.120 So I see two things.
00:02:32.460 The first thing is, we now, comments moved the market, and they moved the market radically.
00:02:38.600 What we just saw, what Pat just showed there, the market move on oil moved amazingly.
00:02:44.280 This is what Besant, by the way, was talking about over the weekend, about how U.S.-West
00:02:49.880 Texas oil was staying well under $100. And here we are, you know, opened up today, 12 bucks under
00:02:55.660 and right now 89 sitting there. So number one, markets are moving radically, Pat, just based on
00:03:02.420 statements from the president. So if you look at Iran's statement, psychological warfare, the 0.89
00:03:06.740 psychological warfare appears to be among ourselves and Wall Street, we hear something good, it goes
00:03:11.480 bang this way, we hear something different, it goes bang this way. That's what's going on on
00:03:16.600 that side now then the ultimatum when he extends the ultimatum now the markets calm down a little
00:03:24.100 bit and now these markets move positively because they think oh there's more time to talk before
00:03:29.100 some really bad stuff could happen you mentioned the tripoli the uss tripoli is in the arabian sea
00:03:35.000 right now and it is within 12 hours of joining the uss abraham lincoln right there at the
00:03:41.620 Arabian Sea at Oman, where you are then straight up to the Strait of Hormuz. And over the yesterday,
00:03:50.520 what the president said was, you know what, we may consider some, you know, boots on the ground
00:03:56.420 operations on Karg Island. Well, why was he saying that? Well, because the Tripoli is pulling up in 0.97
00:04:02.040 the position. That is a that is an invasion ship. It's got advanced aircraft on it, 2,500 Marines.
00:04:10.040 It can do what the big aircraft carriers can't. 0.89
00:04:12.880 Because the big aircraft carriers, they sit back in a protected area, and it's a launch.
00:04:17.980 It's like an airstrip.
00:04:19.040 You don't want the aircraft carrier in the hot theater.
00:04:22.880 You want it back.
00:04:24.040 Well, the Tripoli is made to be an assault, part of an assault.
00:04:28.080 So that's what's going on.
00:04:30.000 The combination of, I'll give you more time, but here comes the Tripoli.
00:04:33.900 We may do something on Cargillin.
00:04:35.320 Now it's five days.
00:04:36.540 Causes the markets to calm a little bit.
00:04:38.420 I don't want to see boots on the ground. I don't want to see anybody get off the USS Tripoli on the ground there at all.
00:04:44.420 Personally, really? I don't know. I mean, again, we're people need to understand we're in war and in war you have to do tactics.
00:04:52.120 And I think, you know, the president knows what he's doing when it comes to information here, pulsing this market goes down.
00:04:58.520 But the one thing that bothers me is the fact that we are, if we strike, Tom, correct me if I'm wrong, power plants in Iran, the very people that we were talking about helping are going to suffer the most.
00:05:13.180 Besides the military, besides everybody else, we start striking because already the oil, it's on fire.
00:05:18.580 They're breathing all that stuff in.
00:05:19.960 And if we start attacking the power plant for Iran, the people that were in the streets fighting and trying to revolt to go against this Islamic. 0.98
00:05:28.880 Why do you say that?
00:05:30.300 Well, I mean, think about it.
00:05:31.000 If you hit the power plants, all the power is going to be gone.
00:05:33.580 We're seeing what's happening in Cuba right now.
00:05:35.680 They haven't had power for how many days?
00:05:37.320 If you hit the power plants, all the people are going to suffer in Iran. 1.00
00:05:41.520 It's not going to be just military.
00:05:42.440 Am I wrong?
00:05:44.880 That's my thing.
00:05:45.660 And I get it.
00:05:46.380 It's war.
00:05:46.960 But if that happens, the same people that we were trying to help are going to be affected.
00:05:51.000 So what's the reason why we're in there?
00:05:54.020 Well, the initial reason, I thought the first time we went to Iran was because people were in the streets.
00:06:00.120 40,000 people were killed for protesting.
00:06:03.340 And we were supposed to go in there and help them put in a leader.
00:06:07.600 I think once Trump talked to Reza Pallavi, he realized that guy wasn't the guy.
00:06:12.240 but then from what we're hearing it's now this is from what i'm gathering then now we're like oh
00:06:18.260 they still had they were trying to get a nuclear weapon which i thought we knocked that all out
00:06:22.780 six months ago i thought that was done the story came out that maybe we didn't go all the way in
00:06:28.080 and we didn't fully destroy maybe we did if you remember where they were like no they didn't fully
00:06:32.060 destroy everything they did and who knows the real story behind what happened there so okay adam your
00:06:36.120 thoughts on this so i don't want to help the terrorists but if the terrorists or the irgc in
00:06:41.600 iran actually want to understand trump they should read one book it's called the art of the deal
00:06:46.300 because if they read that book and stop put down the quran and put up this book they'll actually
00:06:52.300 probably understand trump's mindset you talk about asymmetric warfare how many how many times have
00:06:57.480 you heard that term asymmetric warfare they got drones we got missiles all the way that trump is
00:07:02.040 also using asymmetric warfare he's basically saying you got 48 hours tough guy they're like what
00:07:07.100 hold on what are we going to call him we're going to talk to him all right just kidding
00:07:10.560 you got five days and then in three days he bombs them and they're like what i thought it was 48
00:07:16.340 hours i thought trump is unpredictable he's using tactics like vinnie said and then if you follow
00:07:22.220 the art of the deal what does he talk about thinking big he talks about creating leverage
00:07:26.580 talks about controlling the narrative which he's doing all eyes on trump and then it's always
00:07:31.600 negotiating from strength vinnie you okay baby yeah not water on me just almost anyway the last
00:07:37.340 thing i'll say is this thank god we got trump in there because there's a chance that you got
00:07:43.320 cackling kamala out there negotiating with the greatest state sponsor of terrorism the world's 0.98
00:07:50.000 ever seen could you imagine oh my god chuckle chuckle cackle cackle so you might not approve
00:07:55.380 of the way that trump operates and i get it you know my mom isn't a fan of how trump operates
00:08:00.600 but like i told my mom there's no more voting for you mama trump's in charge and let's uh 1.00
00:08:06.280 Let's back him up.
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