“Death to America is not a slogan; it is a policy“. These words are more than rhetoric, as Khamenei, the eliminated leader of the Iranian regime, has repeated them since 2023.

When people think about Iran and the United States, they usually focus on the nuclear file or occasional flare‑ups in the Persian Gulf. But the deeper, structural problem is simpler: for more than four decades, a revolutionary, anti-American regime has controlled one of the world’s major oil exporters—and systematically converted those petrodollars into terrorism, proxy warfare, and leverage over global energy.

At least 603 U.S. troops were killed by Iranian‑backed militias in Iraq between 2003 and 2011, and since 2022 Iran and its proxies have killed at least 51 additional Americans, including soldiers, contractors, and civilians, in Iraq, Syria, Jordan, and Israel.

The key factors that led to the ceasefire, including what some are not telling you:

• The hardline faction of the regime accused the foreign minister and other officials of being traitors for calling for an end to the war.
• Iran’s president accused the Revolutionary Guard of sabotaging the chances of a ceasefire.
• The elimination of Majid Khademi, head of intelligence for the Revolutionary Guard, was confirmed. This brought the total to 250 regime officials and leaders eliminated, in addition to the disappearance without any news of the “new” Supreme Leader—who may be ill or dead.
• Iran’s nuclear infrastructure has been largely demolished, and its military and naval capabilities have been mostly destroyed.
• The United States was able to insert dozens of aircraft into #Iran and establish a temporary base to rescue a pilot. The operation involved nearly 100 special forces members plus several dozen fighter jets and helicopters. The operation was clear evidence of the regime’s military weakness.
• President Trump issued an aggressive ultimatum with the aim of forcing a ceasefire and exposing the factions within the regime that no longer hold real power.

Zohran Mamdani’s tax package is a warning to America. It is what you may expect when the radical left takes power. Demolition of the private sector and destruction of potential growth and jobs.

Mamdani’s plan is not ambitious nor innovative; it is precisely the interventionist system that has been implemented throughout decades in countries that now suffer stagnation and elevated unemployment. It concentrates New York City’s fiscal risk onto a narrow and mobile base of taxpayers and companies in a way that could undermine growth, jobs, and long-term stability. The likely impact on jobs and growth will not improve public services but will likely be used to bloat political spending, leading to increased dissatisfaction among taxpayers and potentially exacerbating economic inequality. Furthermore, it is deeply regressive as it hurts middle-class property owners.

“De-dollarization” was a major market story in 2024 and 2025, not because it was true, but because it sounded plausible enough to scare people out of the most in-demand assets. The reality was much simpler. The US dollar remains the world’s global reserve currency because there is no fiat alternative.

The US dollar index is rising and global demand for US dollar assets soars because there is no better option in the fiat world. For a currency to be a world reserve asset, it needs to operate with ample liquidity, a transparent financial system, economic freedom, and independent institutions. People who do not understand money promote the fantasy that currencies with capital controls, opaque financial systems, and even exchange fixing can substitute the US dollar.