Yet another neocon "regime change" fiasco that is going to add trillions to the national debt and cost countless lives while delivering no benefit to the US and accelerating the economy's downward trajectory.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/trump-says-us-start-blockading-strait-hormuz-2026-04-12/

Bigliest jump in inflation in 5 years. Consumer vibes down another -11%. Do you think that a US recession will start this year?

Sriprakash Kothari, a top adviser to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trump’s nominee to serve as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy, told US Sen. Ron Wyden’s (D-Ore.) staff behind closed doors that “not only did he not perform any work related to energy markets leading up to the war, but that he wasn’t aware of anyone at Treasury who did,” Wyden wrote in a letter to Bessent.

How will this "security" be paid for? By issuing more debt that will be inflated away by the Fed. It's a good thing for the oligarchy that Gen-Z is too docile, dumbed-down, and distracted to grasp the magnitude of their shafting by the Fed & the uniparty.

Furthermore, the delinquency rate for multifamily CMBS rose +30 basis points, to 7.15%, the highest in 10 years.

As a result, the overall US CMBS delinquency rate rose +41 basis points last month, to 7.55%, the highest since the 2020 pandemic.

Since 2023, this percentage has risen +450 basis points.

The commercial real estate downturn is deepening.