🛢️ MARKETS — Trump can talk crude down. Gasoline ignores him. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Crude bends to jawboning; gasoline is set by refinery margins and regional supply — neither moves on presidential statements. With SPR exhausted and Hormuz collapsed, refinery input costs stay elevated whatever Brent does. Pump prices are the variable that erodes public tolerance for prolonged war — and that's the one lever Trump doesn't control.
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Iran and Oman announce a temporary Hormuz corridor. But Tehran clarifies: the strait is not open. Classic move by a side that wants to negotiate without conceding. Washington fires back with record sanctions. Day 180. Nothing is resolved.
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Iran e Oman annunciano un corridoio temporaneo a Hormuz. Ma Teheran chiarisce: lo stretto non riapre. È la mossa classica di chi vuole negoziare senza cedere. Washington risponde con sanzioni record e mina mine. Giorno 180. Niente è risolto.
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💥 SOUTH LEBANON — Israel strikes while Hormuz dominates the room. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: The Lebanon front never closed — it just lost the headlines. With Washington focused on Hormuz and Bessent's sanctions, Israeli strikes in the south face minimal diplomatic friction. Hezbollah's attrition posture remains unchanged. Watch whether this
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🎯 TEHRAN — The threat lands the day Rubio tells allies there'll be no new strikes. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Timing is the variable. An Iranian threat against Trump's son — surfacing as Rubio privately reassures Gulf allies — maximally complicates Washington's de-escalation posture. Trump's personal exposure