Yes, About The Address ...

 ... by the guy who is now both political corpse and a clown. Larry explains. 

Wow! That was awful. Was Trump sedated? His monotone, delusional delivery reminded me of the character Dustin Hoffman played in Rainman. Trump plowed no new territory. Instead, he provided a Reader’s Digest summary of his recent Truth Social posts… i.e., Iran is defeated, the Iranian Navy and Air Force are destroyed, victory is ours, but we’re going to bomb the hell out of them over the next three weeks. I am pretty sure that some on Wall Street will continue to delude themselves with the belief that this war is nearing an end and, once Trump declares the final victory in three weeks that he will order US troops to come home and the war will be over. Not a chance. During the next three weeks, Iran will continue to degrade and demolish the US bases and equipment that is in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. As long as Qatar does not allow combat aircraft to take off from Al Udeid, Iran will ignore it. Prior to his speech, the market for oil futures had dropped significantly, with both WTI and BRENT falling below 100. After his speech, both surged back above 100, increasing 3.5% and 4.4% respectively. Trump’s speech failed to reassure the oil markets that the war would end anytime soon.

Again, keep in mind--all this is about paper energy (futures), which is nothing but speculation. Trump's (and the courterie of his sycophants and Zionists in administration) idea of governance is that of self-aggrandizing and enriching, serving Israel and trying to manipulate the so called "markets". 

As you can see current "market"--it is not impressed. 

Neither are Iranians, pummeling Bahrain and the US 5th Fleet's HQs non-stop.

Meanwhile, India gets five more S-400 batteries. 

The S-400 deliveries are late, but the fifth and final system is also expected this year, perhaps in November. After the S-400’s impressive performance during Operation Sindoor, the four days of fighting with Pakistan in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack last year, India has decided to buy five more systems. The S-400 could be part of the countrywide air defence system, Sudarshan Chakra, that will be in place in coming years.

You see, those S-400, for some reason (wink, wink), do perform brilliantly in REAL combat. Who would have thought, if you know what I mean. 

Meanwhile, in Russia ...

 ... the International Forum on Transportation and Logistics. The man himself addressed it (turn on captions). 

You all know what this is all about. This thing.

And, of course, this thing. 

Here is the issue, while blue and green lines are nothing more than wet dreams with zero technological capability attached to them, the red ones are actual routes and the cargo traffic increases steadily. 

Fishing vessels are the most common type of ship in the Arctic, representing 40% of all ships that entered the Arctic Polar Code area. The second most common ship type is general cargo ships. Between 2013 and 2025, the ship type that saw the greatest increase in the Arctic was crude oil tankers, which saw a 396% increase over the 12 years. The second greatest increase was bulk carriers with 156% more in 2025 than in 2013. Cruise ships have also increased significantly, with 123% more cruise ships in 2025 than in 2013.

Or, as Russians report in actual numbers (million tons):

But projected numbers (in green) will grow even more, now that everyone see what the US represents. Those Russian North Sea Fleet ships and subs guarding this artery feel really good, if you know what I mean. 

Since It Is Video-Heavy ...

... day today, I'll give you an example of "I told you so" and of the dawning reality on some. 

While morons from Time magazine lament about their cheap plastic mall for nouveau riche riff-raff being exposed as nothing but ... expensive low-taste tinsel town, another guy suddenly (four days ago) decides to make a video:

He is grossly inaccurate drawing parallels to Venice (and people correctly pointed this out to him), but in terms of Dubai--he nailed it. I would also say that his statements about Singapore are also grossly inaccurate, well--he is a financial guy only--but in general this is a good video about people being like this proverbial girl from LZ's Stairway to Heaven for who "all that glitters is gold". So, Dubai part is good and covers a substantial portion of Gulfies' problems well. 

To Lose A War.

 And no--this is not April's Fool joke. 

Sharmine Narwani and Yours Truly ...

 ... discussed the situation couple of hours ago. 

Do Not Forget SMO.

While the world's attention is naturally focused on the Middle East, the annihilation of the NATO's best troops continues in 404. 

Strykers and M1 Abrams tanks are having a very difficult time surviving the modern battlefield. Why those are called "meat storms". Simple--all for PR. Here is the fate of yet another meat storm--an attempt at, of all places, Krasnoarmeisk (Pokrovsk). All for PR, here is the result:

Meanwhile, Russian forces are deep inside Konstantinovka. This is for those people who love to draw all those "arrows" of 404 "counter-offensives" on the map. This is how they all look like. 

"Tactical" Nukes.

 To those who continue to bring here all kinds of "tactical nukes" BS just because they saw a "mushroom cloud".

1. Tactical nuke is defined as such NOT because of its yield, but because of its utility, that is--for solving tactical tasks. If the enemy's brigade spreads over large area and 2 to 5 kilotons are not enough, nobody prevents you from using 100kT device. It still will solve tactical level task only. Here is an example--Motorrifle Battalion attacking in one echelon with tactical nuke. 

Tactical being for achieving the tactical objective. It could be 2 kT, it could be something much more potent if, say, strong point is in the deep bunker. 

2. You cannot use nuke and not be immediately detected and identified by, say, Russia who has an advanced sensor network, including space-based Kupol which can see not only the flash (easily) and will know the nature of the charge, but it will know its yield but sensors will register all damaging factors of nuclear explosion ranging from flash to EMP, to radiation to a seismic event. The US knows this. Its use of nuke will be immediately detected and the user identified. What follows next--even majority nutjobs in D.C. can imagine. 

So, please, stop dragging here all kinds of hysterical X twits by some morons stating that because they saw "mushroom cloud" it is nuke.