Persistent Delusion Among the American and NATO Defense Establishment

US Navy Surveillance Plane Made Provocative Flight Over Taiwan Strait, Weeks Before Trump-Xi Summit With the world's attention hyper-focused on fast-paced events in Iran and the effectively shuttered vital oil transit hub, the Hormuz Strait, some significant things were also happening around Taiwan this past week. The US military confirmed that a P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine patrol aircraft transited the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, a move that predictably drew Beijing's attention. US Navy China said it monitored the US Navy aircraft as it passed through the narrow waterway separating Taiwan from mainland China. "By operating within...

US President Donald Trump is reportedly ready to give up on the Persian Gulf passage: Trump Tells Aides He’s Willing to End War Without Reopening Hormuz (archived) – WSJ In recent days, Trump and his aides assessed that a mission to pry open the chokepoint would push the conflict beyond his timeline of four to six weeks. […]

Tesla Surges After Beating Expectations, Says "Rebound Of Demand" For EVs Heading into today's TSLA earnings, Wall Street was braced for a miss, with debate only around how big it would be. Well, it wouldn't be an Elon Musk joint if there wasn't some big twist, and sure enough, the stocks is soaring after hour on what can only be described as a very big, and very unexpected beat. Here is what the company reported for the first quarter: Rev. $22.39B, beating Est. $22.19B Adj EPS 41c, beating Est. 34c, the second straight quarter Tesla’s...