PeterI just realized that what Trump is doing with the financial markets is spending down his trust capital. right now, a certain number of traders react when he says something, but every time he tells a lie, the reaction is less and the reversal comes faster. we are approaching a perilous point where "the markets" don't believe any communication coming out of the federal government, and that is **extremely dangerous** for when we really do need the feds to speak out and calm markets.
Mark Kristensson@peter the markets and maga are the only ones who seem to still believe him. I’m genuinely astonished by this CNN analysis from their front page because it’s so straightforward, no sanewashing https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/26/politics/trump-iran-peace-talks-us-troops-analysis
@peter this is super long but exactly the kind of game theory-ish analysis I’ve been looking for. Ti;dr: only one can win but everyone can lose https://acoup.blog/2026/03/25/miscellanea-the-war-in-iran/
David C. Norris 🇺🇦 🗽@mkristensson @peter "But the result was that by bombing the Iranian nuclear facilities in June of 2025, the Trump administration created a situation where merely by launching a renewed air campaign on Iran, Israel could force the United States into a war with Iran at any time."
Jens Finkhäuser@mkristensson @peter Except they give the war the wrong name, it's called "Epstein War".