The US government admitted it deliberately CRASHED Iran's economy to trigger protests.
Then bombed the country while pretending to negotiate peace.
This is the most calculated regime change operation in history.
Let me explain...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testified before the Senate on February 5th and said word for word:
"What we have done at Treasury is created a dollar shortage in the country."
He explained how they deliberately crashed Iran's largest bank. Forced the central bank to print money. Sent the rial into freefall.
At Davos he called it "economic statecraft" and said "no shots fired" with a smile on his face.
The results: 40% inflation. 70% food price inflation. The rial went from 700,000 to 1.5 million per dollar in a single year.
Iranians hit the streets in December because they couldn't afford bread.
The regime responded by massacring over 7,000 people. Some estimates say 36,000. Including 150 children.
Khamenei personally ordered forces to "crush the protests by any means necessary." Live ammunition, machine guns, and drones on civilians.
Bessent's response to the thousands killed? Nothing.
Zero acknowledgment. A Treasury spokesperson later said the regime chose to "murder its own people."
Translation: We lit the match. They burned the house. Not our fault.
Meanwhile the US sent Jared Kushner to "negotiate" with Iran in Oman. Three rounds of talks. February 6th, 20th, 26th.
All while a senior Israeli defense official later confirmed the strikes had been PLANNED for months with the exact date set weeks ago.
The negotiations were theater. The economic collapse was engineered. The protests were the predictable result. The massacre was the excuse.
And the bombs were always coming.
February 13: Trump says regime change is "the best thing that could happen."
February 14: Officials tell Reuters they're preparing "weeks-long sustained operations."
February 24: Trump uses the State of the Union to accuse Iran of building nukes.
February 28: "Operation Epic Fury." Strikes across Tehran, Isfahan, Qom, Kermanshah. Khamenei's compound destroyed. Reports say he's dead.
Iran fired back at US bases in Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan. The Navy's Fifth Fleet HQ in Bahrain was hit. Dubai airport shut down.
Now here's what this means for your money Monday morning:
Oil closed at $72.87. Analysts expect $80+.
Lombard Odier says $100+ if Iran threatens the Strait of Hormuz. 20 million barrels pass through that strait daily (20% of global supply).
A former White House energy advisor called a prolonged closure "a guaranteed global recession."
J.P. Morgan's research says regime change in oil nations has historically caused price spikes averaging 76%. That would put oil above $120.
Bitcoin already dropped below $63,000. Gold past $5,464. US inflation already trending toward 3%.
But here's the one thing that doesn't make sense...
Trump wanted $50 oil. He campaigned on cheap gas. And he's literally heading into midterms.
So why start a war that could double oil prices?
UNLESS this was always the play.
Crash the economy. Trigger protests. Let the regime massacre civilians. Use it as justification. Bomb the country. Remove the regime...
Then lift sanctions on Iranian oil, flooding the market with 3+ million barrels per day.
Iran has some of the cheapest production costs on Earth. $10 per barrel.
A new regime opens the taps and oil drops below $50.
Short-term chaos. Long-term cheap oil.
The question is whether it works or whether this becomes Iraq 2.0.
This is either the most calculated geopolitical move in modern history or the most expensive miscalculation since the Iraq War.
What do you think?
The media could not be played.