The embedded image is harvested from Facebook, but I will vouch for the economic credentials of Mohamed El-Erian, whose opinions on world economics I have valued for years.
Posted because the economic consequences of the U.S./Israel war on Iran are going to be extreme. There is almost no foreseeable outcome that will not adversely affect most of the major economies of the world.
And while I'm on Facebook, I'll add these other items -
The dump as the supreme leader of Iran?? They are welcome to him, as long as it gets him away from the US!!! The man is deranged!
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The first item is scary and reads like economic hard times are coming, sometime.
ReplyDeleteThe second and third are far too believable and I can only hope they're not real.
And the last is lovely.
I agree on all four points, rocky.
DeleteI kind of read you because you post interesting thing off the internet. ...if you are going to repost Facebook posts, I don't think I will be reading you.
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DeleteI believe that Occupy Democrats is misinterpreting what Trump was saying. I think he was saying that people in Iran are being offered the position of Supreme Leader, and they are saying "No thank you. I don't want it." He is not saying that anyone offered it to him.
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Apparently you are correct. I found this at the Deccan Herald (India) -
DeleteA video from Trump's speech delivered at the NRCC Annual Fundraising Dinner, is being shared by many, which claim that he said he was offered the post by Iranian leaders, but he said no to it. "We hear them very clearly. They say, I don't want it.
He goes on to add that, “I don't want it. We listen to some of the things they say, we hear it very clearly. They say I don't want it. We would like you to be the next supreme leader. No thank you, I don't want it.” Trump’s statement suggests he was referring to the reaction of individuals who were offered the position of supreme leader but chose to decline it, citing fears of being killed either by their own people or by the United States. A transcript of his ...
Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/world/us/was-us-president-donald-trump-offered-post-of-irans-supreme-leader-heres-the-truth-3945262
Based on that, I'll delete the Occupy Democrats repost.
BTW, thank you Marc B for the heads-up. :-)
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