Late yesterday, US President Donald Trump told Fox News "The war is over." But THOUSANDS of U.S. Troops are STILL heading over to the Middle East. What he says is not matching what he's doing.
First, the FOX News host revealing the President told her "It's over."
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From the Washington Post Newspaper:
So if "the war is over" then why are thousands more troops still heading over to the Middle East? Market manipulation? Say "it's over" to keep markets calm, while building up a ground invasion force?
As of 10:09 AM EDT on April 15, 2026, Futures Markets are certainly calm. Here's the listed prices for American (West Texas Intermediate WTI) and British (Brent):
These Futures prices deviate from reality in a very significant gap. "Dated Brent" which is the price for a physical barrel of oil this week, hit $133 a Barrel. In fact, the gap between "Futures" prices and "Physical" price is so large, the Wall Street Journal even noticed:
The Wall Street Journal, in its story above, reports this:
Dated Brent, which reflects oil for actual physical delivery 10 to 30 days out, has risen to $132.74 a barrel as of Monday. Brent futures for the nearest delivery settled at $99.36 a barrel. The gap between the two prices is historic, according to Gary Ross, chief executive officer of Black Gold Investors. Never has the market seen an oil-market disruption of this size, or such uncertainty over what might happen next, he added.
So the people who deal in actual reality are demanding about $133 per barrel while the techno-geek-nerds who play in paper "futures" markets, embrace the Manipulation and think everything is good.
Everything is NOT good. The continued movement of troops and planes prove it.
So while techno-geek-nerds are buying-into the manipulation, YOU have to decide whether you will too?
This isn't about investing, it's about preparing.
You're either going to buy-into the manipulation, or continue to buy shelf-stable foods, get extra supplies of medicines you need to live on and ready yourself (and your family) for what reality shows is coming, or you can do nothing and keep your head in the sand like an Ostrich.
For me and my family, we are continuing to prepare. I just bought two more thirty (30) gallon Gas Caddies to keep emergency fuel for my car(s) and my emergency electric generator up at the Pennsylvania bugout location. I bought them from Home Depot (HERE)
Now, I can empty the 5 gallon plastic gas cans into the metal gas caddy and either re-fill the gas cans, or not have to keep finding out they develop LEAKS when I walk into the storage shed in the Pennsylvania house, and smell gasoline which has dripped onto the floor.
I still have to install the wire antenna and the outdoor automatic antenna tuner for the Shortwave radio gear I have up there. Have to put a ladder up to the trees over the house and string maybe 30 feet of 12 gauge wire between two trees. The wire will end up being north-south about 25 - 30 feet above the ground. This will give me a good east-west long-side to the wire, which __should__ give me good reception for the Continental US and Europe.
If or when the grid goes down, communications will be important. If everyone finds themselves with no landlines, and no functioning cellular service, maybe even no Internet, only those of us who prepared and got radio gear like CB or HAM radios, will be able to find out what's really going on.
Oh, and if I turn out to be WRONG on all this; I can still eat the Emergency food, will still have emergency fuel for the generator or for my car(s) and can enjoy a radio hobby. Nothing is wasted.
So what's it going to be for you? Buy-into the manipulation, or keep preparing?
