The war in Iran costs you, the American taxpayer, more than $11 billion in just the first week alone. It's also displaced more than 3 million people. We're now facing the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market. And while the pace of Iran's retaliatory attacks, they may have been slowing down, they definitely haven't stopped. And the havoc they've just continued to wreak across the Middle East, it is proof that Donald Trump is lying to you. Right, because well, he claimed that this campaign-style rally in Kentucky yesterday,

that the war, it's already been won, saying that the US and Israel have virtually destroyed Iran, we're now almost two weeks into this whole thing, and it remains entirely unclear when it's gonna end. And the reason I say Trump's lying rather than he's pushing a falsehood he believes in is because it seems like he knows what he's saying just isn't true. In the same speech, he acknowledged that the mission, whatever it is, remains incomplete and the war, it has to go on. We don't want to leave early, do we? Huh? We got to finish the job, right? And with all that just today, Kuwait, Iraq, the UAE, Bahrain, and Oman, they've all reported drones or missiles flying over their territory with at least some making it through and hitting their target.

Wait, for example, said that its international airport had been damaged and in Iraq, an Italian military base was hit, with luckily Italy's foreign minister saying that military personnel at the base had sheltered in a bunker and avoided any injuries. The same couldn't be said everywhere. roughly 30 miles off the coast of Iraq, two oil tankers were set on fire, possibly by boats carrying explosives, and a person got killed and another 38 people had to be rescued at sea. And with that, you had Iran claiming responsibility for attacking one of the tankers, with the Revolutionary Guards claiming in a statement that the ship had disobeyed and ignored warnings. And while the statement didn't mention the other ship, Iraqi officials apparently suspect that Iran was behind the attack on the other one as well.

And then, actually, Iran's apparently suspect that Iran was behind the attack on the other one as well.

And then, actually, Iran's believed to have been behind yet another attack targeting a container ship about 35 nautical miles off of the coast of the UAE, as well as three attacks on cargo ships yesterday in or near the Strait of Hormuz, although, again, Iran only claimed responsibility for one of those strikes. But in any case there, the number of commercial ships that have been damaged over the course of the war, it's now up to 19.

And thanks to the latest attacks, Iraqi authorities suspended all oil terminal operations at Oman closed a key oil export terminal for what it said were security reasons. With that coming a day after the country's biggest port was struck by drones for the second time, and that last one, it stands out because Oman has some of the few ports that it's actually possible to keep shipping oil from, since they're located beyond the Strait of Hormuz. Though another big standout is that Bahrain's energy facilities may be some of the hardest hit with an alleged Iranian strike today hitting fuel tanks in the north of the country. And that's as the country's interior ministry said that it arrested four people for allegedly spying for Iran while a fifth person remained at large.

And you have the ministry accusing all five of having used high resolution photography equipment to photograph and record

coordinates of vital and important locations on behalf of Iran's revolutionary guard.

You also had a British legal aid group reporting today that at least 21 people have been charged in the UAE for taking videos and photos of missile strikes.

And that, notably coming after the country's public prosecutor said last week, that taking or sharing videos that document strikes and damage is illegal if it incites panic among the public, spreads false news, or harms public security and order. Right, and then, talking about back here in the States, if you live in California, it's being said that you could be Iran's next target. Or at least, that's according to a newly surfaced warning issued by the FBI to law enforcement agencies in the state last month. With that saying that Iran, quote, aspired to conduct a surprise attack using unmanned aerial vehicles, launch from a sea vessel against the state, in the event that the U.S. conducted strikes against Iran, with a notice adding, we have no additional information on the timing, method, target, or perpetrators. Now with that, I want to note that this was reportedly unverified intelligence, and there's no evidence as a now that this is actually a realistic threat. And as far as what others are saying, you had Trump telling reporters yesterday that he wasn't worried about Iran, ramping up its retaliation to include strikes on U.S. soil. And then you had California Governor Gavin Newsom saying that he was in constant coordination with security and intelligence officials to monitor potential threats to California, including those tied to the conflict in the Middle East and adding, well, we are not aware of any imminent threats at this time. We remain prepared for any emergency in our state. The width is, you know, while Iran may have a very hard time attacking the United States directly with weapons, it's already done it over the internet. Because it's apparently been a major cyber attack targeting a major US-based manufacturer of medical equipment, which told its roughly 56,000 employees Wednesday, to disconnect from all networks and avoid turning on company-issued devices. Though, it also said that it had no indication of ransomware or malware and believed that the incident is contained. But also, with this, you have experts saying it this could be part of a troubling trend in cyber warfare, with the head of a cyber threat

intelligence firm telling the Wall Street Journal. Rather than targeting hospitals or frontline

healthcare providers directly, adversaries may focus on critical suppliers and logistics providers

where disruption can cascade across the entire healthcare system. Well, the company didn't say

who it believed was behind the

attack, you had a hacker group appearing to take responsibility for it, calling it retaliation for what's widely believed to have been a U.S. missile strike on an Iranian elementary school that killed 175 people. That's now reportedly at the conclusion of even the Pentagon's own preliminary inquiry. And the Washington Post reporting today that it wasn't a case of the missile missing its target. Instead, the school was actually on the target list, but it may have been mistaken for a military site, which has now raised even more questions about whether AI was part of the decision-making process. Because AI has continued to be used to wage this war, including for target selection. And with that, you had U.S. Central Command reporting today that it had struck approximately 6,000 targets in Iran since the war began. That, including 60 Iranian ships and 30 mine layers, which has been a major focus since we started seeing reports that Iran may have started mining the Strait of Hormuz. Sengom's also been posting clips today, suggesting that it's targeting Iranian aircraft as well as mobile missile launchers on land. And with whatever they're hitting, we're also seeing reports that some of Iran's most significant cultural sites have sustained significant damage. And then with all this, on the Israeli side, you have the military claiming today that it struck a site where Iran advanced critical capabilities and nuclear weapons. They also claimed to have taken out members of Iran's internal security forces in the capital with drones. But then inside Iran, notably, residents have reportedly said that security forces have been increasing their presence on the streets, trying to show that they're still in control. And that says the reported death toll in the country has remained relatively steady with Iran's representative to the UN claiming today at least 1,348 civilians have been killed since the war began. Though maybe the most shocking number coming out today may have been reports from the UN refugee agency saying that up to 3.2 million people have been internally displaced inside Iran as a result of the ongoing conflict. Or with most of them fleeing from Tehran and other major urban areas towards the north of the country and rural areas to seek safety. But then notably with all this, if you factor in what's happening in Lebanon, the total number of displaced people, it may easily be as many as 4 million people. With the latest count, but the number of people displaced by Israel's attacks on that country at around 800,000. But that number also may continue to rise as Israel is yet again ramped up its assault on the country, which is so far reportedly killed at least 680 people, including around 100 children. And in recent days, for example, Israeli forces have struck two hotels in or near Beirut, including one that was housing displaced families and another where Israel claimed Iranian operatives were meeting. So yesterday it hit an apartment building in the central part of the city, and today, airstrikes hit several cars along the seaside, reportedly covering the sidewalk and bloodied sand and setting off panic in the neighborhood. And that strike reportedly killing at least eight people, injuring dozens more, and most of them displaced people. And then you also had the Israeli military issuing an evacuation order for Central Beirut, though the first warning for an area within the city limits since the war began. And then within an hour, the Israeli military began carrying out a new wave of strikes on Beirut, with Israeli officials saying the strikes were targeting infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah. And with that, what Israel's doing in Lebanon isn't the only thing being overshadowed by the war with Iran. There's also the matter of what it's doing in Palestinian territories. Because officials in Gaza, they claim Israel continues to violate the ceasefire on a daily basis. And in fact, just a few days ago, Israeli air and tank strikes killed six Palestinians there. Also, more recently, you had a fire breaking out after a strike at 10 sheltering displaced Palestinians in a refugee camp. And then in the West Bank, we've continued to see an uptick in settler violence. But the key thing being that once the war started, Israel's military blocked many West Bank roads and largely shut down crossings into Israel. And you now have Palestinians in remote villages saying the roadblocks, they've left them increasingly exposed to this violence, which has reportedly killed at least five Palestinians in the West bank since the war began, with a six man dying after inhaling tear gas fired during an attack, according to an Israeli rights group. And last night, settlers reportedly graffit and attempted to set fire to a mosque. And then also, while you have violence spreading across the region, the broader fallout is spreading across the globe. The cost of oil has surged again after Iran attacked three ships in the Strait of Hormuz yesterday, with prices jumping to just over $100 a barrel this morning before dropping slightly. And then as a result, you had benchmark indexes in both Asia and the U.S., following by around 1% in reaction. Gas prices have also gone up for the 12th straight day since the war started, with a national average jumping to $3.60 a gallon, which is 20% up since the initial U.S. Israeli strikes. But also diesel prices have increased even more quickly, rising nearly 30% in the last two weeks, with the current average being $4.86 as of today. And really what we're seeing now, it could be just the beginning. I mean, gas prices usually trail oil prices by about a few days. So the crude oil cost pumps that we're seeing, they might not even be really reflected at the pump yet. And that's just with me talking about the United States. Things are also going to be a lot worse in Asia and Europe, which rely more heavily on oil and natural gas from the Middle East. It's even gotten so bad that you had Denmark's energy minister literally telling citizens to cut back on energy use and stop driving unless it was totally necessary. And we're seeing all of this even after the International Energy Agency announced the largest ever release of oil stock in history, with 32 of the world's biggest economies agreeing to release 400 million barrels of oil from their strategic reserves. But you have experts saying that the market reaction that we're seeing, it shows that the historic release didn't reassure traders. It actually had the opposite effect. Instead, just highlighted how far away we probably are from seeing the straight-of-hor moves open and fully operational again. One of the biggest things is it looks like their right to be worried. Even though the release of strategic reserves will help, it's a temporary measure that's really not going to do much if the war continues to drag on. With Trump constantly moving the goal pose, talking out of both sides of his mouth, you have investors clearly thinking that this is how things are going to move forward. And in fact, with all this, in its monthly report, the IEA said that global supplies are expected to decrease by 8 million barrels a day. That's almost half of the roughly 20 million barrels that moved through the straight each day before the war broke out. They cannot overstate how major this is. The IEA says that the war has caused the largest supply disruption in the history of the global

oil market. You have experts saying that even if the war were to end and shipments were to resume,

it could be months before the energy market goes back to normal. But then it's also not just

the energy market. Experts say that we'll see prices rising in other areas as well, especially

with food prices. Where for one, when oil prices go up, it becomes expensive to transport goods and services, which causes producers to increase their prices for consumers already struggling with high gas costs at a time when affordability is a huge issue. And then some businesses, they might not be able to keep up at all. I mean, you have experts saying that many of these businesses, they're already operating on thin margins because they're absorbing most of the cost to Trump's tariffs. So basically, they're getting double fucked by Trump. Instead of lowering prices, the anti-war peace ticket president who ran on affordability, he started a war that's going to increase prices, further hurting American consumers and producers, who are already struggling to make ends meet because of his tariffs. But then wait, it gets worse. The affordability crisis that this war is already causing It goes way beyond oil because the Strait of Hormuz is also a key shipping route for many other products and the blockade is almost entirely halted container ship Ship traffic in the waterway. Then on top of that, temporary closures and disruptions at multiple major international airports in the region have paused nearly one-fifth of global air freight capacity, which has caused

disruptions to shipments of consumer electronics, pharmaceuticals, and precious metals. But again,

where experts say that Americans can see the biggest impact is with food prices and agriculture.

In addition to oil, the strait is also a key passage for fertilizer, which is absolutely essential

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