US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Iran war

Re:US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Ira... by mgfist on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @03:02PM (#48112815)

> Besides inflation, American has other problems like running out of missiles and bombs. This war is about attrition, and American weapons are being attrited faster than Iranian ones.

The US doesn't need to fire more missiles, it just needs to blockade the strait and force Iran to cap its wells.

> The war is not over, but I would not count out the Iranians going for another strategic goal not mentioned in the GP post: make is so that the American president that attacked Iran loses the midterm big time.

I think Trump has already conceded the midterms. He's a lame duck president anyways so it's not his mess to clean up

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Re:US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Ira... by ahartmetz on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @03:32PM (#48113265)

Do not forget or ignore Trump "joking" about a third term. Things could get really messy towards the end of his second term.

I don't get why so many people ignore it. Does Trump look like the kind of guy who respects the constitution to you? Or more like the kind of guy who is trying to build an autocracy? Have you noticed what he does with officials that follow the law and their agency's mission, but not Trump's whims?

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Re:US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Ira... by dh2022 on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @07:37PM (#48115994)

Re: "I think Trump has already conceded the midterms. He's a lame duck president anyways so it's not his mess to clean up" - this is not a serious comment. Anyone on this planet remotely connected to daily news knows this is not the truth.

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Re:US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Ira... by mgfist on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @08:41PM (#48116492)

Well the Iran war's been going on for nigh 2 months now. By and large the long term ramifications set in around 2 weeks after the start, and everyone was very vocal that this would happen. A president who cared about the midterms and the next election would've pulled out, but Trump stayed in. He knows how unpopular the war is, he knows the effects on gas and the market predictions on the midterms, yet he stays in. That doesn't strike me as someone who puts political future above all else.

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Re:US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Ira... by dh2022 on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @08:54PM (#48116583)

(I am not sure if you argue for the sake of arguing, or something worse. In any case, this is the last time I reply to you. Feel free to have the last word).

What you wrote would make sense if Trump would be driven by rationale. But as everyone who has seen a news program in the past 12 months knows, Trump is driven by vanity and greed. Because of vanity and greed he will do whatever he can to win the midterms. Including doing all he can to gerrymander the red states to get more votes in the House.

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Re:US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Ira... by mgfist on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @10:37PM (#48117174)

> Trump is driven by vanity and greed.

Yes I fully agree

> Because of vanity and greed he will do whatever he can to win the midterms

I don't see how vanity and greed relate to the midterms. Trump is into insider trading and making billions off of crypto pumps and other schemes. Winning the midterms is not all that relevant.

And if he was willing to do whatever it took to win the midterms, surely stopping an incredibly unpopular war would be step 1?

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Re:US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Ira... by bdangubic on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @08:43PM (#48116507)

> That doesn't strike me as someone who puts political future above all else.

He has no political future. He pillaged the country as best he could (top notch performance so far) and will continue to do so for the next 3 years and then off to Mar-a-Largo or wherever to live out the few remaining years he's got left

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