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Just in time for the markets! What a coincidence! https://t.co/JifosCgmvw

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) April 19, 2026

And they didn’t even have to meet in Islamabad! It’s magic? 🪄

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh has stated that no date has been set for the next round of peace negotiations between Iran and the United States, following last weekend’s talks in Islamabad which failed to achieve an agreement, despite claims by U.S. President… pic.twitter.com/SMReL2jrmn

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) April 19, 2026

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh has stated that no date has been set for the next round of peace negotiations between Iran and the United States, following last weekend’s talks in Islamabad which failed to achieve an agreement, despite claims by U.S. President Donald J. Trump that there would be more direct talks this weekend in Pakistan.

“We are now focusing on finalising ⁠the framework of understanding between two sides. We don't want to enter into any negotiation or meeting which is doomed to fail and which can be a pretext for another round of escalation,” Khatibzadeh told reporters on the sidelines of a diplomacy forum Saturday in Turkey.

Has anyone told Iran?

Iranian state news agency Tasnim has posted a lengthy statement to X describing what Iran sees as continued U.S. preparations to continue the war while publicly stating they are willing to negotiate. The statement goes on to say that Iran is prepared to "abandon restraints" shown… pic.twitter.com/eCHgMjALVW

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) April 19, 2026

Iranian state news agency Tasnim has posted a lengthy statement to X describing what Iran sees as continued U.S. preparations to continue the war while publicly stating they are willing to negotiate. The statement goes on to say that Iran is prepared to "abandon restraints" shown in the first phase of the war to unleash "unforgettable hellish hours right from the outset of renewed conflict with America and Israel" while explicitly stating that the Bab al Mandeb Strait, Saudi Aramco facilities, the port of Yanbu in Saudi Arabia, and the city of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates will all enter the conflict.

Or Trump saw that already…

Yikes — “Military advisers intentionally excluded Trump from the command room during the recent high-stakes extraction of a downed American airman in Iran, fearing his erratic temper would jeopardize the mission, WSJ reported…” https://t.co/PnvBpprw7l pic.twitter.com/eeZ2wrIIXe

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) April 19, 2026

Regarding the sagacity of the market, I lived through the ‘80’s being told the market was a great, green god whose wisdom was boundless and needed only to be allowed to operate unfettered, because governments were stupid and the people were sheeple whom the market could better care for. And now we have Polymarket for betting on the and market being stupid enough to continuously take Trump’s blather at face value. The people are not sheeple, but all flesh is grass. And a fool and his money are still soon parted.

NEW: UAE scholar Abdulkhaleq Abdulla says the UAE no longer needs U.S. protection, calling American bases a “burden, not a strategic asset” and suggesting they should be closed. The United States’ standing in the region has been obliterated. pic.twitter.com/fScmzgU9gl

— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) April 19, 2026

Trump’s announcement is making more sense all the time.