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Trump Says Strait Is Open, Wants to Cut Iran a $20B Check | Receipts LIVE

2026-04-17 News & Politics
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JVL and Catherine Rampell are going live to cover Trump's announcement that the Strait of Hormuz is open, the potential $20B Iran could get from the U.S., and Catherine's latest reporting on the White House blaming corporate greed for their economic woes. Read more from Catherine's newsletter here: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/when-all-else-fails-just-blame-corporate-greed-greedflation Read more from JVL's Triad here: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/a-trump-madman-theory-of-the-stock-market

Top Comments (10)

@Phi1618033 2026-04-17

Two words: Market, manipulation.

249 13 replies
@MikeJones__Who 2026-04-17

Pete Kegsbreath supported the military action because he heard Straight of Vermouth and got excited

151 7 replies
@RoKModder 2026-04-17

Just remember... It's Friday. Come Monday or next week he could have an entirely different tune depending on how they want to manipulate the markets.

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@huemann3416 2026-04-17

Trump is used to writing checks to his victims.

71 5 replies
@jaye8872 2026-04-17

Trump is campaigning so hard for dems for the midterms ! Thanks!

66 1 replies
@brightwell66 2026-04-17

Proof we are brain dead spend billions to destroy them than give them billions to repair FFS

58 4 replies
@TomBarrets 2026-04-17

MARKET MANIPULATION! Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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@TheOldHippiebilly 2026-04-17

Re: Consumer Disconnect The upper 25% are doing great. The rest of us are struggling.

31 1 replies
@MyGuitarThing 2026-04-17

how much of the $20 billion is going to be kicked back to Trump's Qatar account?

29 2 replies
@lennyghoul 2026-04-17

The Markets are 100% being manipulated. No normal investor has a prayer, but the fat cats are rolling with the unlimited insider information and corruption.

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