2:34 BARRONS OIL Oil Prices Fall Below $95 a Barrel as Optimism Builds for a Resolution to the Iran War While traffic through the strait remains limited, markets appearto be more optimistic over the chances of a long-term peace agreement between the U.S. and Iran. U.S. oil prices fell to under $95 a barrel Tuesday amid renewed optimism for peace hopes. PHOTO: AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES By Callum Keown and Anita Hamilton Updated Apr. 14, 2026, at 3:37 pm EDT Original Apr. 14, 2026, at 5:19 am EDT

#Trump #Iran #War

#StraightOfHormuz

A brief article from my Apple News feed. There’s virtually no substance to it. (Nearly none.)

Except, more talks are scheduled “later this week,” bringing optimism to investors.

That’s it.

So, read headline and feel optimistic. 🎉

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1:52 Dow Jones 48,535.99 +317.74 Dow Jones 48,535.99 +317.74 At Close S&P 500 6,967.38 +81.14 News+ MarketWatch Stock Market News, April 14, 2026: S&P 500 ends just shy of record, Nasdaq logs longest win streak since 2021 on hopes for renewed US-Iran talks; Big Tech rallies and oil prices retreat 22m ago yahoo! finance

#Trump #Iran #War

#StraightOFHormuz

#StockMarket

Why bullish??

(Ignorance, imo.)

(Total disconnect.)

A veteran diplomat breaks down the Iran war : Fresh Air The war entered a new phase when President Trump began a U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Aaron David Miller of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace explains what this means.

#Trump #Iran #War

#StraightOfHormuz #blockade

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘻. 𝘈𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘥 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴.

April 14, 2026

(44 min.)

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Operation Free Passage A technical assessment. What the German Navy can do today, what it cannot, and what that means for Europe

Nevermind the article lol US Navy just let Chinese ship pass "blockade" CNN just now.
#straightofhormuz #cnn #navy
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Wishing everyone a great TACO Tuesday… #StraightOfHormuz

Fill 'er Up: Record Armada Of Tankers Bound For US Gulf To Load Oil Shipping data... shows 171 crude tankers are bound for the U.S. Gulf to load crude oil cargoes…

Fill 'er Up: Record Armada Of Tankers Bound For US Gulf To Load Oil

www.zerohedge.com/energy/fill-... #straightofhormuz #hormuzblockade #iranwar #IranVessels #IranRegime #liberaltears #TrumpStayTheCourse #trumpspeech #liberalmeltdown #oilprices #globaloilprice #trumpeffect

Fearing Iranian Escalation In Red Sea, Saudis Push Trump To Call Off Hormuz Blockade Houthis could close "Gate of Tears," ratcheting up global economic disruption...

Fearing $Iranian Escalation In #RedSea, #Saudis Push Trump To Call Off #HormuzBlockade

www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical... #straightofhormuz #IranWar‌ #iranepsteinvictim #trumpspeech #TrumpDives #TrumpStayTheCourse #IranVessels #IranRegime

Chinese Tanker U-Turns, Iran Mulls Hormuz Shipping Pause To Preserve Talks, Avoid Trump Blockade Showdown Mediators scrambling to put together another round of talks as Tehran offers only 5-year nuclear moratorium...

#Chinese Tanker U-Turns, #Iran Mulls #Hormuz Shipping Pause To Preserve Talks, Avoid #Trump Blockade Showdown

www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical... #IranMassacre‌ #iranepsteinvictim #IranVessels #IranRegime #globaloilprice #GlobalSecurity #GlobalFinance #oil #straightofhormuz

#Trump #Iran #War

#StraightOfHormuz

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘻 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘰𝘯 — 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱'𝘴 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦.”

Tues., April 14, 2026

(54 min.)

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2:39 News+ April 14 Top Stories Reuters U.S. begins blockade of Iran's ports; oil prices ease on hopes for talks 4h ago • Trevor Hunnicutt and Parisa Hafezi

#Trump #Iran #War

#StraightOfHormuz

I haven’t yet read this article completely — am just too tired to do so; perhaps, someone can read it and tell me what it is exactly that’s making anyone “hopeful” about the promise of ‘new talks’ between the conflicting parties?

1/2

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Trump's radically foolish irresponsible threats to obliterate a "whole civilization" could easily turn into World War III. China is Iran's ally. China is reported to have already sent Iran weapons. And the gop must remove trump from power now! #dumptrump #impeachtrump #china #straightofhormuz #iran

 News+ April 13 Top Stories AP apnews.com U.S. military blockade of Iranian ports underway in bid to pressure Tehran 31m ago

#Trump #Iran #War

#StraightOfHormuz

#blockade

𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗨𝗦 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗵𝗿𝗮𝗻

“…𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘎𝘶𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘶𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘧 𝘖𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘵 𝘜.𝘚.-𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴.”

—AP News

Mon., Apr. 13, ‘26

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Pardon me, but don’t we have to first get the US Navy/Marines through the #StraightofHormuz before we can blockade most Iranian ports? Are we sending ships by flying carpet from #Kuwait, #Dubai or #Qatar. Sorry, dotty old lady from wilds of Ohio!

Today in Global Small Business: Artemis II Crew Reunites with Families ©iStock/James Wagner What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: The four astronauts on Artemis I...

The Global Small Business Blog: Today in Global Small Business: Artemis II Crew Reunites with Families: www.globalsmallbusinessblog.com/2026/04/toda... #globalsmallbusiness #globalsmallbusinessblog #artemusII #straightofhormuz #popeleo

China be like: 不 (no)

#iranwar #straightofhormuz #blockade

Oil price tops $100 a barrel after US-Iran talks fail and Trump orders strait of Hormuz blockade US Navy to impose blockade today in bid to choke off flow of Iranian oil

Oil prices 🤔 #Trump #America #IranWar #Oil #StraightOfHormuz
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Single panel editorial cartoon. Trump is taking a bath, his big pink arse blocking the straight of Hormuz as he is playing with his toy missiles. Behind him tankers are blocked up and being attacked, to the north Iran is burning, to the south are explosions in the Arab states and in front of him are dollar signs that are suffering the same fate as the tankers.

One from last month I was reminded of #auspol #USPolitics #StraightofHormuz #Iran

#Trump administration threatens to blockade the #StraightOfHormuz...

I mean, isn't it already blockaded, by #Iran?

Is this like that scene in Animal House, when Dean Wormer puts Delta House on 'Double Secret Probation?'

youtube.com/watch?v=yc9G... Now #DonaldTrump and the #GOP are #Blockading The #StraightOfHormuz #WTAF⁉️🖕🏻🖕🏿🖕🏽🖕#TrumpAndGOP Are #PuttingUsOnAPathToWar With The #RestOfThePlanet

Putting up my own blockade on the #straightofhormuz as well

America adrift 🤔 #Trump #America #IranWar #Oil #StraightOfHormuz #USmilitary

Welcome to Trump world #Trump #JDVance #America #IranWar #Oil #StraightOfHormuz

More mission creep - and taxpayer expense 💰💰💰 #Trump #America #IranWar #Oil #StraightOfHormuz

Glad to see some Americans still have a sense of humour #Trump #America #IranWar #Oil #StraightOfHormuz

Great cartoon #Trump #America #IranWar #Oil #StraightOfHormuz

#CANADA MUST prepare for war with the #US.
They must plan for blockade of transport of #NatGas & #Oil out of ports. The #US is going after #Greenland to stop flow in the north. They will take #Panama in the south, and they are now trying to take control of the other choke point the #StraightofHormuz

Trump's illegal war / historic #StraightOfHormuz F-up (230+ posts) bsky.app/profile/70sb...

One of my prime sources for the day-to-day on both Trump's illegal war / historic #StraightOfHormuz F-up (230+ posts) as well as the resultant global #EnergyTransition acceleration (80+ posts) are these epic 🧵s by Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social. Do yourself a favour.

Energy Transition:

Forget Iran. This is all about China

#iranwar #straightofhormuz #china #energy #blockade #trump