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'Extraordinarily dire' signs spark fears of imminent US crash: 'This could be it’
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., August 24, 2026. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
The Crash Would Not Come From Yemen. It Would Come From Washington.
A Chokepoint Exposes the Machine
The immediate facts are grim: Houthi control around the Bab al-Mandeb Strait threatens a major shipping route, an attack from Iraq damaged Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline, and prolonged disruption at the Strait of Hormuz has already driven fuel prices sharply higher. That is enough context. The political question is why the United States is so vulnerable to…
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