If the chart is real, this means 20% tariffs on all EU products, 24% on Japan, 34% on China and so on.

NYT: U.S. Strikes in Yemen Burning Through Munitions With Limited Success

President Trump said this week that Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen have been “decimated by the relentless strikes” that he ordered beginning on March 15.

But that’s not what Pentagon and military officials are privately telling Congress and allied countries.

In closed briefings in recent days, Pentagon officials have acknowledged that there has been only limited success in destroying the Houthis’ vast, largely underground arsenal of missiles, drones and launchers, according to congressional aides and allies.

The officials briefed on confidential damage assessments say the bombing is consistently heavier than strikes conducted by the Biden administration, and much bigger than what the Defense Department has publicly described.

But Houthi fighters, known for their resiliency, have reinforced many of their bunkers and other targeted sites, frustrating the Americans’ ability to disrupt the militia’s missile attacks against commercial ships in the Red Sea, according to three congressional and allied officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss operational matters.

In just three weeks, the Pentagon has used $200 million worth of munitions, in addition to the immense operational and personnel costs to deploy two aircraft carriers, additional B-2 bombers and fighter jets, as well as Patriot and THAAD air defenses to the Middle East, the officials said.

The total cost could be well over $1 billion by next week, and the Pentagon might soon need to request supplemental funds from Congress, one U.S. official said.

So many precision munitions are being used, especially advanced long-range ones, that some Pentagon contingency planners are growing concerned about overall Navy stocks and implications for any situation in which the United States would have to ward off an attempted invasion of Taiwan by China.

The U.S. strikes, which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth named Operation Rough Rider after the troops Theodore Roosevelt led in Cuba during the Spanish-American War, likely could continue for six months, officials said.

A senior Pentagon official late Thursday pushed back on the assessments described by the congressional and allied officials.

The senior official, also speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss operational matters, said the airstrikes had exceeded their goal in the campaign’s initial phase, disrupting senior Houthi leaders’ ability to communicate, limiting the group’s response to a handful of ineffective counter strikes, and setting the conditions for subsequent phases, which he declined to discuss. “We’re on track,” the official said.

Someone is lying here to the NYT about how this bombing campaign is actually going. Based on what @MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net has been reporting, specifically on the latest and greatest bunker busters being dropped from B-2s, I suspect it's Trump/Pentagon officials, but there's money and political implications to all of this. Depleting US munitions means more money for defense contractors. All I can say for sure is that Yemen continues to learn why Americans don't have healthcare.

Full additional tariff list

Add at least 10% on top of the yellow numbers, 20% for china

Keep in mind all countries globally have to pay 10%, even if not on this list

Nintendo pulls Switch 2 pre-orders in US over Trump tariffs.

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/03/trump-laura-loomer-fire-national-security-council

incredible that conspiracists are the only firewall between war with iran

it won't stop going down huh

https://www.wired.com/story/trump-tariffs-antarctic-islands-heard-mcdonald/

Oh, look someone who strikes again.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces the country's military will seize large areas of land in the Gaza Strip and establish a new occupation zone called the Morag Corridor, potentially stretching from Rafah to Khan Younis.

In response to the Trump tariffs Danish supermarket corporation Coop has announced that they will label American items in shops "so people will know why they are getting more expensive". They also plan to shift marketing efforts away from American goods and towards Danish and European products. About one percent of their goods are from America.

US airstrikes continue on Yemen for the 20th night in a row, with airstrikes reported in Saada Governorate.

There has also been simultaneous Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, Gaza and Idlib, Syria. A Hamas official and his family were reportedly killed in Lebanon, the strikes in Gaza are the most intense since the resumption of the genocide. Little information on Syria.

I'm expecting information on strikes in Yemen to be more sporadic now, since the latest Ansarallah advisory to Yemeni citizens not to discuss ongoing airstrikes, enacted yesterday.

Text reads: Warning...

Filming airstrikes serves the enemy.

Operational Security is very important. Do not serve the enemy in good faith.

Further messages said: We call on all our fellow citizens in Yemen to strictly prohibit photographing the airstrike locations and not to talk about them on social media. With co-operation, we protect the homeland.

Al Masirah TV twitter

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What Trump did with the tariffs is very similar to what Modi did in 2016, quote from an article on it below. I thought shutting down USAID was thoughtless but this is much more significant.

How can anybody be so indifferent to people’s suffering as the Modi government was in decreeing demonetisation? The answer lies in its desire for “shock and awe”, and the belief that the more people suffer, the more they would feel convinced that the government could not be inflicting so much suffering on them unless it was indeed serving some higher purpose. The combination of ignorance, arrogance and the desire for “shock and awe” on the part of a government can be quite lethal, as the Indian people have learned to their great cost.

https://www.newsclick.in/demonetisation-been-utter-failure-all-fronts

Whose idea was it to tell Trump that trade deficits somehow = tariffs? What do they get out of it?

US fails to weaken Yemeni military despite burning through nearly $1bn in three weeks: Report | The Cradle

The Yemeni Armed Forces have continued to target US warships and Israeli cities resist as Washington exhausts its munitions, fuel, and deployment time

Japan: Nikkei 225, Topix Futures suspended due to circuit breaker

The suspension of Japanese stock futures trading due to a circuit breaker indicates that the market has experienced a significant price movement—either a sharp decline or a rapid rise—triggering an automatic mechanism designed to halt trading temporarily.

This is a regulatory measure used by stock exchanges, such as the Japan Exchange Group (JPX), which oversees the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Osaka Exchange, and Tokyo Commodity Exchange, to prevent panic selling or buying and stabilize the market during extreme volatility.

Just four hours after market close and it’s already looking like a bloodbath

Ukraine is currently under a large Russian aerial attack, 10 Iskander-M or KN-23 ballistic missiles just struck Kyiv and its surroundings, and 8 Tu-95M strategic bombers are in the air, having conducted launch maneuvers (unknown if simulated or real) of Kh-101 long range cruise missiles. 8 Kalibr cruise missiles launched from ships were fired in the previous hours. This is the first large scale air attack since the so called "energy ceasefire" and the Ukrainian attack on ammunition depots at Engels air base (where the Tu-95Ms operate from) .It's suspected that Ukrainian air bases were the targets.

First reports of Kh-101 cruise missiles being detected in Ukrainian airspace. Approximately 6 missiles in this group. Second group of 5 missiles also detected.

Ukrainian air raid monitoring telegram channel, use translation software

AMK Mapping telegram, provides English translations and videos/maps/analysis of air raids on Ukraine

AMK Mapping twitter

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62gj52qjjlo Buyers circle and rumours swirl as TikTok sale deadline looms

fucking 'journalists' I stg, not even a brief acknowledgement that their maybe a repeat of last time and that ByteDance may keep it

also

"TikTok without its algorithm is like Harry Potter without his wand - it's simply not as powerful," said Kelsey Chickering, principal analyst at Forrester Research.

Trump reposted this video on Truth Social about him crashing the stock market on purpose.

https://xcancel.com/unusual_whales/status/1908143516233998760

15D chess, folks!

Apparently Vangaurd is emailing all their customers trying to convince them not to sell

They took data from here: https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c0004.html#2024

That's how you end up with Heard and McDonald Islands having 10% tariff

Heard and McDonald Islands 0.058879-0.013589=0.04529, its in millions so $58,000 in export and $13,000 in imports (but since base rate is 10%, it doesn't matter U.S. has a trade surplus). maybe someone bought some scientific equipment and brought it back?

Edit: turns out it was just misclassified

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/04/revealed-how-trump-tariffs-slugged-norfolk-island-and-uninhabited-heard-and-mcdonald-islands

Here's the sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AonIICZYCZJUulrhlAJQ6tt3WIqE-rQjBKhE26Buu94

i'm quite worried that neolib axis of eu/usa are not doing too good in the economy department and might decide that reason alone is enough to go to war to "wash away the sins" (iran for usa/ukraine for eu). euros are the most brainwashed people on the planet, followed by americans.

Which is why i support them going to war over greenland with each other. Frozen wastes give ample place for maneuvers without touching indigenous population.

Islamic Resistance Front in Syria has ambushed occupation forces in Daraa

https://t.me/syriajusticearchive/4296

“Islamic Resistance Front in Syria - Southern Command: Full Combat Alert & Battlefield Report

➖ By order of the Supreme Commander of the Islamic Resistance Front in Syria "Olay Al-Bas", all resistance cells across southern provinces have been placed on maximum alert and commenced assigned operations under direct command coordination.

Military Bulletin: At this hour, our forces are repelling an occupation army incursion on the Nawa-Zeil axis, inflicting confirmed casualties and downing one enemy drone.

"This is resistance until victory or martyrdom." “ ➖ https://t.me/DEQNEWS/10712

Casualties per israeli media

🇸🇾/🇮🇱 Hebrew Channel 14: wounded in the ranks of the Israeli army during their ground operation in an ambush west of Nawa in the countryside of Daraa.

https://t.me/TheSimurgh313/51516

Survivors of Alawite Massacres in Syria Share Unimaginable Trauma Experiences - Telesur English

Article

Alawite survivors of the massacres committed by transitional government forces in Syria have recounted their experiences of psychological trauma, described by psychiatrists as “unimaginable.” In an interview with The Cradle, a resident named Abu Mahmoud from rural Latakia shared harrowing details of how people were shot at and screamed at during the attacks.

Mahmoud witnessed the murder of his neighbors, heard the cries of children, and when he emerged from hiding, he found his village reduced to ashes, with only a few survivors and death lingering in the air. Residents of western coastal cities in Syria, such as Tartous and Latakia, continue to live in fear that forces led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) will once again pursue them. Another survivor, Umm Khaled, fled with her children to a nearby forest, walking for hours without food or water while gunfire echoed behind them. When she returned days later, she found her home burned down and the rest of her family buried under the rubble.

According to a psychiatrist identified as MA, survivors are suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and live in constant fear. The ongoing violence and instability have left deep psychological scars on those who endured these traumatic events.

Updated figures on US military movements to the Middle East region and the ongoing airlift operation. There has been a lot more cargo/transport aircraft, along with mid air refueling aircraft, that have made the trip since I last posted. A total of 85 transport/cargo aircraft, and 10 mid air refueling aircraft, have made trips over the last week to the ME region.

Glossary:

C-130 Hercules: small propeller driven transport aircraft, max cargo capacity of 42,000 lb (19,000 kg).

C-17 Globemaster III: Medium sized strategic airlift aircraft, max cargo capacity of 170,900 lb (77,519 kg).

C5-M Super Galaxy: Largest cargo aircraft in the USAF inventory, max cargo capacity of 281,000 lb (127,459 kg)

KC-46 Pegasus: mid air refueling aircraft, maximum amount of fuel available for transfer is 207,672 lb (94,198 kg).

KC-135 Stratotanker: mid air refueling aircraft, maximum amount of fuel available for transfer is 200,000 lb (90,719 kg)

A potential total of almost 15 million lbs (6.8 million kg) of cargo. A lot of the latest flights have been out of Fort Sill in the United States, home to the 31st Air Defense Artillery Brigade, who operate, train, and perform schooling on the Patriot and THAAD air defence systems. Not mentioned in this graphic is a C-17 flight to Diego Garcia from Yokota Air Base in Japan, home to both US forces and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, who operate E-2C Air Early Warning aircraft, and Patriot PAC-2 and PAC 3 air defence systems.

trump is mourning shinzo abe lol

he claims shinzo was planning on working with him on a better trade deal

According to Middle East Observer, Macron and President of Lebanon Joseph Aoun made a joint statement yesterday that Hezbollah were not responsible for the rockets fired from Lebanon and that Israel is breaching the ceasefire. I can't find any English sources, I'm assuming it's only in French right now (if true).

https://x.com/ME_Observer_/status/1907795746402746400

https://xcancel.com/ME_Observer_/status/1907795746402746400

The US deputy Middle East Envoy Morgan Ortagus arrived in Beirut today to basically tell Aoun to forcibly disarm Hezbollah or else. Lebanon was promised GCC money by the US in return for electing Aoun president and that money has failed to materialize entirely (shocker). Now they are saying Lebanon will only get the money if they "get tougher" on Hezbollah, and the UAE is specifically saying it won't give Lebanon money without normalization with Israe. Basically the US, Israel, and the Zionst Cooperation Council are trying to restart the Lebanese Civil War.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-warn-lebanon-tougher-hezbollah-unlock-gulf-cash-sources-say

US airstrikes on Yemen continue for the 19th day in a row this time, with the first publicised daytime airstrikes of the current campaign targeting Hodeidah Governorate. Reportedly, a water treatment facility responsible for providing water for 50 000 people was targeted amongst the strikes.

More airstrikes reported east of Saada City.

More airstrikes in Hodeidah Governorate.

Airstrikes in Sana'a Governorate, targeting individual cars.

New directives have been issued by the Ansarallah government, stating that citizens must no longer film or discuss US airstrikes on social media. Casualty figures are also not being released further for the moment. As of the 28th of March, 41 deaths were acknowledged as a result of US airstrikes, including one Brigadier General, two Colonels, seven Majors, and three Captains.

More airstrikes in Saada city, a total of 17 seperate strikes.

Airstrikes targeting communications networks in Ibb Governorate, hit for the first time during this most recent phase of the conflict. Airstrikes have been going on for 9 hours now.

Renewed airstrikes in Saada Governorate.

Al Masirah TV twitter

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LOL. The stock market is taking an absolute nosedive. I guess I should "short" something, or whatever.

What's up with Yanis? He's been having the weirdest takes on the LePen conviction

When Turkey's courts ban Erdogan's frontrunning Presidential opponent, the liberal mind rebels and rejects forthwith Erdogan's argument that the law is the law. When France's courts do they same, the liberal mind rejoices & parrots the law is the law. Mind-boggling hypocrisy!

https://bsky.app/profile/yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social/post/3lloeygmz222h

And

Varoufakis stressed that “I think Le Pen is a fascist, personally. I’d like to see her be destroyed politically.” At the same time, in his view, lawfare “has been disproportionately waged against the outer Right, because the Left has disappeared”. The Greek politician compared Le Pen’s treatment to the means used by the Democratic Party against Donald Trump, only “the French are doing it in a more obvious, less defensible way than the American Democrats.”

https://unherd.com/newsroom/yanis-varoufakis-marine-le-pen-election-ban-is-ludicrous/

Thinking that what the dems did wrong was not go hard enough on Trump seems laughable. They demonized him but also let him get away with doing a bunch of illegal shit. Is the lesson there not to demonize him? When has a fascist ever been defeated "politically"? He's saying it would somehow be better for the "left" in France if they let LePen get away with embezzlement.