THE NEXT 15 DAYS:
TOMORROW — April 6
→ Deadline expires. Iran rejected every deal. Denied all talks. "Locked, loaded, standing tall."
→ Trump already extended TWICE. No third extension coming.
DAYS 2-3 — April 7-8
→ US strikes Iran's power grid — 80,000,000 go dark
→ Targets expanded: power plants + oil wells + Kharg Island + desalination plants
→ Iran retaliates on Saudi Aramco, UAE refineries, Kuwait infrastructure→ Oil gaps past $160
DAYS 4-5 — April 9-10
→ Iran targets Ras Tanura — LARGEST oil terminal on Earth. One hit = 6,500,000 bpd OFFLINE.
→ Houthis close Red Sea — TWO chokepoints shut. No precedent in history.
→ Oil hits $200. Physical crude hits $250+ in Asia.
DAYS 6-8 — April 11-13
→ OIL CLIFF — strategic reserves EMPTY. Sanctions relief EXPIRES.
→ 10,000,000 barrels per day GONE. No replacement. No safety net.
→ Oil hits $250 — US officials ALREADY modeling this
→ Gas hits $10-12 nationally. Airlines grounding. Trucking parking.
→ Iran launches cyber attacks on US infrastructure
DAYS 9-12 — April 14-17
→ Global food crisis — 30% of fertilizer transits Hormuz. Prices spike worldwide.
→ Asian economies collapse — Japan, Korea, India losing 50%+ of energy supply
→ Global recession — Goldman at 30% probability. At $300 oil it's CERTAIN.
→ S&P correction becomes crash
DAYS 13-15 — April 18-20
→ ICC war crimes investigation — evidence is on camera
→ Iran nuclear breakout — 2-4 week timeline. ZERO incentive for restraint.
→ 80,000,000 people: no power, no water, no food chain, no bridges→ Refugee crisis dwarfing Syria begins
→ US midterm politics explode — $15 gas + war crimes investigation
Note: Trump is so eccentric, psychopathic, and unpredictable. I don't give much weight to these predictions, but the IEA called this war "the greatest global energy security challenge in HISTORY."