As the U.S. and Israel relentlessly bombed Iran in the opening days of war, the most dramatic predictions of the conflict’s toll were unsparing: surging oil prices, worldwide recession and economic catastrophe.

But six months into the conflict, the direst predictions haven’t come true even if no corner of the world’s economy has been untouched.

“So far, the global economy has pulled off the financial equivalent of a ‘Mission Impossible’ scene,” said Michael Ashley Schulman, an investment strategist with Cerity Partners.

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    I don’t think that it can be underestimated or understated how much the rest of the world wants to see these scumbags paying hard for all of this shit.

    There will be some shit about hands being tied by the law, and they will buy some of the most expensive lawyers in the world etc.

    Exceptions should be made due to special circumstances. Strip them all entirely of all of their assets.

    I know that this is childish fantasy… But as Veruca Salt said (and in the style of Trump himself)… “I don’t care how, I want it now”

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    A White House spokeswoman, Anna Kelly, insisted “there are no conflicts of interest” and that “President Trump only acts in the best interests of the American public.”