Minority Mindset

Egad, Trump’s on the stump again, peddling the notion that the Iran-induced oil frenzy is but a fleeting fancy, even as crude prices bask in their three-digit glory. In a chat with PBS, our intrepid leader proclaimed the U.S. is “doing spiffingly” on the Iran front, brushing off the budget impact as “negligible”-because, of course, Tehran’s “terrorism” antics are all the excuse one needs. He insists, with the confidence of a man who’s never met a fact he couldn’t bend, that “once the war’s over, oil prices will plummet like a dropped soufflé,” echoing his earlier quip that the crude surge is a “small price to pay” for dismantling Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

According to the omniscient oracle known as crypto.news, Solana (SOL) flirted with a 7% gain, reaching $94.07 on March 16-the highest since the days of early February, when hopes were still unscarred by market reality.

All twenty of these digital darlings are basking in the glow of green, their values ascending like so many hot air balloons at a carnival of speculation. Yet, not all balloons rise at the same pace, do they? No, for in this grand theater of the absurd, some soar while others merely float.