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Iran is reportedly exporting more oil through a key waterway in the Middle East, the Strait of Hormuz, than it did before the U.S. strikes began.

On Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Iran was "conducting business as usual" in the waterway, which gives the embattled country a financial lifeline from Chinese buyers.

The implications of Donald Trump’s decision to attack and start a war with Iran hit the White House like a tidal wave on Sunday as administration officials went into panic mode when the price of oil skyrocketed.

Trump "flipped out" over skyrocketing oil prices as the barrel approached $120, according to Financial Times columnist Ed Luce, who revealed the presidential meltdown on MS NOW. A White House insider confirmed the account to Politico.

President Donald Trump's war in Iran continues to fracture his MAGA allies as the risks to the GOP's already-shaky position in the midterm elections becomes ever clearer.

According to The Hill, "Fox News hosts like Sean Hannity and Brian Kilmeade have pushed hard-line positions on the war, while The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board has urged Trump against ending the campaign due to 'short term economic discomfort' from rising oil prices."

Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran is causing him to finally understand that his actions have consequences beyond his control, and he is reacting poorly to that realization, a journalist said.

During an appearance on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,“ Financial Times editor and longtime columnist Ed Luce claimed the massive jump in oil prices after the Gulf of Hormuz was shut down caused the president to lose it–– which was good news for Iran’s leadership.

Donald Trump’s war on Iran has all of the appearances of being the final straw for the so-called “bro” influencers who helped propel him to his 2024 election victory and now are increasingly turning on him, MS NOW reports.

That is according to the “Morning Joe” panel after watching a clip of massively popular podcaster Joe Rogan blasting the president for military adventurism and wondering why he is blowing up one of his central campaign promises.

A stumbling answer by Donald Trump’s lead international negotiator on Tuesday was the subject of both amusement and disbelief on MS NOW, with the entire panel wondering if the Trump hire, a commercial real estate investor, is way over his head.

During an appearance on CNBC, Steve Witkoff, who is the lead White House diplomat in negotiations dealing with both the war in Ukraine and the US war on Iran, was asked about alarming reports that Russia is giving assistance to Iran on targeting US servicemembers.

Matt Gaetz, a former MAGA lawmaker and ally of President Donald Trump, was stunned on Tuesday after learning who had been selected as the new Supreme Leader in Iran.

Mojtaba Khamenei, the 56-year-old son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was selected by Iran's Assembly of Experts as the country's next leader. Khamenei has been described by experts as "his father on steroids," and the New York Times described the new Khamenei's reign as a "show of open defiance to Iran’s attackers."

President Donald Trump was brutally mocked by political analysts and observers on Tuesday after he announced a new oil refinery would open in Brownsville, Texas.

Earlier in the day, Trump claimed that his administration had attracted a new $300 billion investment from an Indian oil company, Reliance, to build a new refinery. However, some analysts and observers noted that Trump appeared to take credit for an investment announced under the previous Biden administration.

Podcaster Joe Rogan slammed President Donald Trump for waging an "insane" series of strikes in Iran after running for election by promising not to start wars for regime change.

During a Tuesday conversation on Rogan's podcast, author Michael Shellenberger said he had scrapped a column on the war in Iran because Trump's reasoning was unclear.