David Pakman

This is a weird world where you have all these billionaires who sign like giving pledges and talk about all the money they give away and their foundations.

I feel like people didn't really think about whether they had ulterior motives for a very long time and just kind of like celebrated them.

And then when you really dig into the details, kind of controlling a lot of things.

I say we wait a little on the Nobel prize, maybe, but no, I mean, listen, the theme is like arsonists setting fires and then declaring victory when they partially put the fires out after they've already done a bunch of damage.

And, uh, I, I was going back and forth with some people on social media yesterday about how, can't I just say it's a great thing to open the straight of Hormuz or straight of Vermouth.

I think Besant called it weirdly yesterday.

It was a weird thing.

Um, and, and of course I want it open.

There's no reason to, uh, um, start, uh, pumping up the price of oil, which leads to more expensive gas for, for, uh, no benefit whatsoever for the average American who's just filling up their tank.

Of course, that's good.

But I think if we just talk about that, we lose sight of the fact that this was optional to begin with, that even

the objectives changed and didn't make sense.

And it all really goes back to Trump getting out of the Iran nuclear deal in 2018.

And I played that clip for my audience this week of Trump doing this big announcement where it's all presented as if he's just so strong and powerful and smart saying, we are getting out of this deal.

That was really the moment that led to 90% of what's taken place.

And I said at the time,

I'm not an advocate of the Iranian regime.

I oppose right wing theocracies.

Uh, they regularly threatened the existence of other countries.

And also if I were them from like a basic game theory perspective, it makes sense to go back to enriching uranium.