USAF air bridge of C-17 transport aircraft is moving across Europe toward the Middle East
Posted by AntiSonOfBitchamajig@reddit | PrepperIntel | View on Reddit | 120 comments
Own-Swan2646@reddit
Got to do something before the markets open.
SharperSpork@reddit
I'm so tired of this joke..... but stonks only go up
yellowjackethokie@reddit
It's not really a joke. It's pretty clear that the President of the United States is blatantly manipulating the markets with Truth Social posts. How many times does need to post something, literal minutes, before the markets open before people wake up to it.
lorihamlit@reddit
This is another reason I think he’s going to not let the elections go forward this coming November. The blatant insider trading and fraud going on is pretty much out in the open and boasted about. He knows damn well that if he goes through with this “war” then he’ll fully loose support with his base. I could see a world where dems have congress, and the senate, and get enough votes to impeach him. He’s not going to want to let that happen.
nourishablegecko@reddit
It’s a good thing he doesn’t have a say in whether or not elections go forward
melympia@reddit
You wanna bet? I don't think there will be democratic, non-fraudulent elections this November.
nourishablegecko@reddit
Then there will have to be a fight back. My point is to stop with the moaning and groaning he is going to cancel elections because constitutionally he can’t and the federal government has no say in whether or not these elections will happen. Saying that he is going to cancel them makes it seem like that’s even an option, it’s not
melympia@reddit
Raping children and then starting a war to avoid having to take responsibility (and then making some extra money with insider deals) didn't seem like an option two years ago, and yet, here we are.
The US threatening an allied sovereign nation didn't even seem like a remote possibility two years ago, and then Greenland came up.
Do I need to go on?
nourishablegecko@reddit
You still don't seem to understand what I'm saying. Complaining about it, giving in, and saying he will just do it means you give up before it's even started. Nobody is coming to save us, or you.
melympia@reddit
Yeah, good luck with that. /s I don't see that happening anytime soon, either. And I'm not going to take a trip to the US to give it a shot myself.
sdbrews@reddit
Just like he doesnt have a say in a lot of things... that he ends up having a say, usually the only say. The orange chaos monkey is worried about the mid-terms. He knows republicans are going to do badly. He is NOT going to let that happen.. or he is going to TRY to not let that happen. Dont be surprised if/when he starts a much bigger war and then "has to" postpone (narrator: cancel) mid-term and possibly future elections until the war is "won". He will likely die of old age first.
MephistoHamProducts@reddit
Apparently I get to keep dusting off this post until the midterms:
Elections are run at the state level. Trump can't "cancel" midterms. If Trump declares there are no elections:
Red and purple states with GOP governors have to cancel their elections or not cancel them undermine their God Emperor
Blue states can still hold their elections
There are not enough bodies in ICE or DHS to suppress elections in blue areas or in purple areas
This leaves GOP Red and GOP Purple states with no real ability to elect people to office or send them to DC
Blue states can elect people and send them to DC
No, Mike Johnson can't "refuse to seat them" because The House is not a continuing body. When this session of the legislature ends, he is no longer Speaker and the first activity in the new session is to elect a speaker
No, the Vice President can't "refuse to certify votes". This is a midterm. Even if it were not, the VPs certification of electoral college votes was clarified as merely ceremonial in bipartisan legislation passed after January 6th
No, captain sarcastic, this is not "He can't do that, it's illegal". This is pointing out that there's no "this one weird trick" to stop the elections that all of these hokey ass conspiracy theories depend on.
There are only two ways Trump can "stop the midterms" - Either blue states immediately capitulate and allow him to do it, or he uses ICE / DHS to start rounding up and murdering elected Democrats. The former seems unlikely and the latter isn't "cancelling elections", it's a violent coup and that's a whole different ballgame.
nourishablegecko@reddit
Thank you. I'm sick of explaining this over and over on Reddit to people who have already conceded that elections will be cancelled before they've even begun.
MephistoHamProducts@reddit
I've never gotten a single response from anyone I've replied to with this, so I can only assume they're fully intent on dooming and/or spreading doom rather than actually being honest about what's going on.
nourishablegecko@reddit
Sure that is definitely something I can see him try to do, but my point is the American people and the states can’t let that happen and can’t give up before we even get to that point. We held elections during the civil war. You can’t just cancel them because you don’t like the potential outcome and don’t let the republicans be brainwashed into thinking that’s a normal thing to do.
funkmon@reddit
That's probably also just when he wakes up man.
brentragertech@reddit
It’s blatant based on the massive trades that are made just before he posts stuff that are always right.
funkmon@reddit
That's not blatant. Let's not exaggerate here, or indeed move the goalposts.
The original claim is that it was blatant based on when he posts stuff. It is not, because he posts stuff in the morning. That is not weird at all.
Mass market trades happening before the post HEAVILY IMPLY at least leaks from within the White House. That is also not blatant. It is highly suggestive at best.
Blatant would be like a pump and dump scheme or things like that.
brentragertech@reddit
It literally is a pump and dump scheme.
Adept-Grapefruit-214@reddit
You think he…learns things in briefings?
funkmon@reddit
He would have to, yeah. There's virtually no other way for him to acquire provate information that he then says without thinking publicly.
9uYx3QemUHKy@reddit
I imagine you have this much patience with everything in life.
“He didn’t run over my dog he just was late for work and the dog was putting on the tree by the street”
“He didn’t fuck my wide he just had a moment of weakness and she was comforting him”
“Someone smeared shut all over this public bathroom, they must have been needing someone to talk to, I wish I had been here, they probably had a good idea poorly executed “
ComingInSideways@reddit
Found the WallStreetBets members in this sub.
Just the usual weekend cronies switcheroo by the Insider Trader in Chief.
Wsbkingretard@reddit
highly regarded cronies destroying my puts
ComingInSideways@reddit
Yup, puts being destroyed by market manipulation tweets, that some idiots believe. That is why I am staying out of unhedged puts.
alternativepuffin@reddit
Yeah ultimately the problem is that the market can still go up for the wrong reasons.
If you bet on inflation, might as well buy assets. If you bet on stagflation, theres only two ways out- Inflation and government spending.
Government spending requires ACTION and raising taxes on the people who have it- the wealthy (I wish) We can't run a proper deficit during an emergency time we should because we've already been doing that.
Inflation requires INACTION and allows the rich to stay richer. So its very likely that this is the "solution" if we hit stagflation. ...In which case you might as well buy assets.
This is why I've continued throwing money onto the pile.
Hellscaper_69@reddit
Why not just buy golf
MephistoHamProducts@reddit
Gold is expensive.
Gold is difficult to liquidate without taking a bath on it.
Gold is fairly useless in person to person transactions as the person who has the thing you want is the one who establishes how much your gold is worth.
Gold presents significant security concerns if other people find out you have gold.
And so on and so forth.
Hellscaper_69@reddit
Let me introduce you to gold ETFs.
greendoh@reddit
You're missing a piece that hasn't come into play since 2008 - demand destruction.
With CAPE already back above 40 markets are well in a bubble again, but the energy crisis + 'AI' related job losses mean people just won't be buying shit.
Unlike 2000/2008 the markets are ignoring the job losses because every big cut (like Oracle) is framed as AI efficiency even when it is clearly not. Never in history have we seen a cycle of job cutting 'with excuses' at the peak of a market.
People without money don't buy shit.
People without money turn to crime.
People without money rebel.
This is why a good chunk of GDP right now is bunkers for billionaires - including the White House. They know the game they're playing is musical chairs. They'll be ready when the music stops.
And what awaits on the other side is the Yarven/Theil master plan of a corpo-centric governance model.
YumariiWolf@reddit
Right except the top 10% have extracted so much money from the rest of us and buy so many things they don't need they have basically made the 90% economically irrelevant on a consumer spending standpoint.
Danimalspirit@reddit
Isnt this good for puts?
SquatingSloth@reddit
This has been going on for the last 6 weeks.
TheSensiblePrepper@reddit
This has actually been going on for about a week now. They are getting a lot of assets ready.
AntiSonOfBitchamajig@reddit (OP)
I'll bet... they're moving tanks / vehicles.
TheSensiblePrepper@reddit
Most likely. This will not end well.
AntiSonOfBitchamajig@reddit (OP)
I'm not worried about Iran... I'm more worried about the Grand Strategy I'm seeing in how they're playing it.
If they say anything about "kinmen islands" I'm buying serious prepping tools.
TheSensiblePrepper@reddit
I agree.
The thing is that all of this is going to hurt China. They got a lot of oil from Iran and Venezuela. We have cut that off. They still have Russia but they can destroy us by just cutting off all goods coming from them.
The US would not do well once Walmart is empty.
pheonix080@reddit
Bare shelves would go viral. It would make the old Black Friday stampedes look tame.
notabee@reddit
Beyond just taking market share from future technologies because the U.S. gave up the lead and doubled down on fossil fuel energy, China's enormous push into renewable and alternative energy has insulated them much more than our putative allies in the region. Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and others in the region are royally fucked by Hormuz closing. China will see energy prices rise like the rest of the world, but they installed more solar than the rest of the world combined last year, and they have nuclear and coal to back that up if need be.
https://electrek.co/2025/09/02/h1-2025-china-installs-more-solar-than-rest-of-the-world-combined/
They obviously saw this containment strategy coming a long ways off.
SlavaUkrayne@reddit
Not saying it would be easy but vietnam, Mexico, Malaysia, India, etc make half or so of the items these days. Supply chains are moving away from China, not towards China.
TheIrishWanderer@reddit
What sort of tools would you buy in that situation that you don't already own as a general rule of thumb? I'm just curious how serious it would be.
AntiSonOfBitchamajig@reddit (OP)
Would I buy? Thats a smaller list. But "things that help you be independent that you will regularly use."
Everyone_is_808@reddit
If your plan is to buy the things you need right before or during a bad situation good luck.
AntiSonOfBitchamajig@reddit (OP)
I've had luck leading up to major events. I don't go into it blind, I have lists.
Even-Preparation3523@reddit
I’ve been thinking on it but I don’t have lists. What do your lists have, if you don’t mind sharing
AntiSonOfBitchamajig@reddit (OP)
I went on a rant... it wasn't organized enough, too large to just comment about.
Simple answer, "be as independent as possible" even if it's a little hedge / little bit. That little bit can carry you much farther than nothing.
ANOREXORCIST-@reddit
Can you give me a quick run down on Kinmen islands and why that would be your reaction? I’m unaware.
AntiSonOfBitchamajig@reddit (OP)
So, the positioning, timing, actions the US is taking is against China / Chinese expansion. China, has their own goals in how they are spreading, one of them is the 9 dashed lines and everything inside them.... basically from Brunei to Japan. The Kinmen islands is thought to be where we would see actions being taken before Taiwan, as they're technically Taiwan owned.
They've been trying to expand into that island with utilities, but the projects have been tense and have stalled, like they have a bridge half built and everything right now.
NoTerm3078@reddit
Start sharing news on this topic to the sub when able please.
MaximumStock7@reddit
No one flies tanks around
AntiSonOfBitchamajig@reddit (OP)
2 at a time on the C5s
MaximumStock7@reddit
That's the M10 booker during some tests, it's canceled. It's not efficent to move armor by air, they all go by ship for a reason.
ZZEFFEZZ@reddit
Those 2 Abrams are 100% not m10 bookers
AntiSonOfBitchamajig@reddit (OP)
You think the gov'r'ment cares about efficiency?
Bruh.... I have news for you.
RaveNdN@reddit
Try a few months
TheSensiblePrepper@reddit
While that is correct, it hasn't been at this level for that long. They really started making the most flights possible around a week ago but they still needed to get stuff to Europe first.
FailureToReason@reddit
A week? Try over a month. On any given day that I've looked, I've been able to spot at least 5 to 10 C-17s on the go from Western Europe to the middle east.
Inner-Confidence99@reddit
Exactly was fixing to post myself about it being over a month they have done this regularly.
boopboopbeepbeepwee@reddit
Yeah I thought this has been going on for a while, too.
Wheres_my_wank_sock@reddit
My guess is resupplying interceptor missiles while they have the chance.
aipac_hemoroid@reddit
They could do that anytime. They didn't really need a ceasefire for that.
Eric_Durden@reddit
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ExtensionMoose1863@reddit
No way, saw we have a ceasefire on the news
WinterMuteZZ9Alpha@reddit
Escalation trap
ExtensionMoose1863@reddit
Jcloh77@reddit
Still going on when I look at flightradar
Alvinsimontheodore@reddit
so is it time to buy or sell?
Jrecondite@reddit
It is like when Putin rolled up on Ukraine border. Just a training exercise. Nothing to worry.
Junior-Tourist3480@reddit
Bout to hit the fan one Last time and for good.
version_13@reddit
What do you mean bro?
Junior-Tourist3480@reddit
We will resume bombing on Wednesday. Looks like it's all over for iran now.
fragrant-final-973@reddit
🇺🇸 MISSION ACCOMPLISHED 🇺🇸
How many times has the cult said this?
version_13@reddit
Even though trump constantly starts and stops these things?
SBTreeLobster@reddit
I'm tired, boss.
Routine-Argument485@reddit
Too dam bad!!!
fragrant-final-973@reddit
Sit down, Kegsbreath.
4r4nd0mninj4@reddit
But I am Le tired, boss...
thefapncapn@reddit
Fire ze missiles!
allie-the-cat@reddit
Please no more
AdultContemporaneous@reddit
Then have a nap
crag-u-feller@reddit
Oh good the healthcare squadrons arrived for the pedo wars
AnomalyNexus@reddit
Different week, same bullshit from the shyster in chief.
Once his family has made money on insider trades he'll announce some sort of "great progress in talks!"
awesumpawesum@reddit
Prez Tramp already said we won, so this will just be a bonus bombing
?
futilehabit@reddit
The bombings will continue until people stop asking about the Epstein files
CatoChateau@reddit
And Melania will keep denying her involvement until someone asks her about it.
No_Possible_7108@reddit
What a terrible day to have eyes
AntiSonOfBitchamajig@reddit (OP)
RefrigeratorOdd68@reddit
Where is all this materiel getting staged? Our bases there are almost uninhabitable from all the strikes.
pvssylips@reddit
As a marine vet that used to make load plans and load those bad boys at the aerial port on base ... That's a lot of cargo to be moving during a ceasefire....like a lot of gear. Didn't we just " blow up some very old aircraft so the bad guys couldn't get our sophisticated equipment" like two weeks ago?? And the troops out there are saying they don't have basic hygiene supplies and are rationing food.... It really seems like there was not even a concept of a plan atp.
weJtiddeR@reddit
Don't worry, we've won the war 7 times now, even though we're not at war, and it's over, and Trump was gonna get fuel and grocery prices down "day one". .....it's 9d interdimensional chess dude. He's draining the swamp and gonna lock Hilldawg up any day now.
dittybopper_05H@reddit
In other news, ongoing military operations require a lot of logistical support.
Film at 11.
In non-snarky terms, this is likely a necessity after the frenetic pace the first month and a half of war. The ceasefire wasn’t just for humanitarian reasons or to allow room for negotiations. Part of it was undoubtedly to allow for restocking of ordnance and other consumables.
fhorst79@reddit
VIP vehicles? Is Trump riding into Tehran in the Beast?
mlee0000@reddit
DuckTalesOohOoh@reddit
This happens all the time. You're just paying attention to it now.
y___o___y___o@reddit
So anyone who follows this more closely, can you confirm this guy is correct?
Big_Fortune_4574@reddit
They’ve been doing this for like a month or so is what I’m seeing. So it does not mean something will imminently go down, but it does mean they are still preparing to escalate.
Malcolm_Morin@reddit
We won't know until it does. Every time it looks like there's buildup or something is about to kick off, Trump runs to Truth Social every Tuesday and goes "LOOK AT OUR GREATNESS, IRAN HAS STOOD DOWN, THE STRAIT IS OPEN, EVERYTHING IS GREAT AGAIN, HUZZAH!"
And then Iran reiterates 20 minutes later that the Strait is still closed and they'll sink anyone who crosses it.
Then Trump throws a fit and threatens to wipe out Iran.
Then Tuesday comes along and repeat.
Either it happens or it doesn't.
Doc891@reddit
you know what, i feel like there was a reason for the past 24 years for that to be the case but i think we stopped doing it for a while there for some reason. I think we ended something and then within 4 years a certain orange man restarted it. That could just be an observation though.
improbablydrunknlw@reddit
Yes, but this volume has been going on for a while, which I think he was alluding to, that today is not outlandish
Far_Out_6and_2@reddit
Been feeling more bad vibes coming in this situation for some time
CuteKermit14@reddit
Yeah. It is more and more clear that our strategic goal in this conflict is “make Trump look strong”. Until that happens, we will continue climbing the escalation ladder.
Queso_Grandee@reddit
Remember when the GOP complained about waste and fraud? Pepperidge Farm remembers..
CuteKermit14@reddit
It’s only “waste, fraud, and abuse” when money goes into making life easier for people with healthcare subsidies, food stamps, and daycare assistance. Military spending is a-okay.
AntiSonOfBitchamajig@reddit (OP)
SquirrelyMcNutz@reddit
I remember when it was a great RTS game...
MaraFeline@reddit
I was just playing it
AccordingWarning9534@reddit
I really wish our politicians would grow a set of balls and stop allowing the USA to use our airspace. We should be sanctioning them until they sort their shit out.
Surfer_Rick@reddit
I counted 18 c17s around 10 hours ago.
Hypertelic@reddit
imagine if Germany has Spain or even France's decency to not be US puppie... Boom. no more air bridge.
Savings_Two_3361@reddit
What doea that mean?
great--pretender@reddit
Nobody is sure, but man, wind em up and watch em go! It could mean a lot of things. Or it could just… not
ASOG_Recruiter@reddit
Where you been? This has been going on for a month now.
PsudoGravity@reddit
"They do this all the time stop worrying"
StunningGold8030@reddit
Did they received that package from China?
SubstantialDonkey981@reddit
Thats real nice clark.
yellowjackethokie@reddit
The two week US-Iran ceasefire, which began April 8th 2026, is set to expire this Wednesdays, on April 22nd. The intermediaries report no meaningful progress in negotiations. The US has reloaded its ships and moved more troops and equipment into the region. It's going to start back up again. For people who have been paying attention, throughout this whole fiasco, none of this is surprising.
CenturyLinkIsCheeks@reddit
sorry goyim, it's just time for you to die in a stupid war in a place you don't care about so a country that hates you can have more territory. That's just the way it is, and it's anti-semitism if you don't like it.
707-5150@reddit
DrJ0911@reddit
Warm up those drones