Trump’s 80th: Peace, Cages, and Storms – Oh Mon Dieu!

Let us begin with this so-called “peace deal,” announced by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, a man who, one suspects, doth relish his moment in the spotlight. Trump, ever the showman, confirmeth it on Truth Social, declaring the Strait of Hormuz open for business. “Ships of the World, start your engines,” quoth he, as if commanding a fleet of carriages. The oil markets, those fickle creatures, react with a yawn, WTI and Brent falling as if to say, “We’ve seen this play before.” Bitcoin, that digital chimera, nudges upward but doth not soar, for the Fed loometh like a specter, ready to spoil the party.



