Hormuz Is Closed, Oil Is Spiking, and GameStop Just Bid $56B for eBay — Yes, This Is the Timeline We Live In
The Strait of Hormuz closure, $4.50 gas, and a GameStop M&A stunt collide in the wildest news cycle of 2026

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The Middle East just nuked the weekend. Iran's Revolutionary Guards announced they'll completely close the Strait of Hormuz if Trump follows through on energy facility threats — and per Reuters, investors are already bracing for a Monday shock. That's roughly 20% of global oil supply running through one chokepoint that is now a geopolitical grenade. Jim Cramer, of all people, laid out the math on CNBC: crude hits $110–$120, 30-year yields push to 5.25–6%, and the S&P gets absolutely cooked. Senator Ted Cruz called it an extraordinary military success — gas is at $4.50 nationally and Spirit Airlines just shut down entirely. Extraordinary!
Meanwhile, Bloomberg's Big Take confirms the jet fuel crunch is real: fuel is up to 30% of airline operating costs and airlines have zero ability to absorb it without wrecking your summer vacation budget. On the AI front, Amazon's Andy Jassy flexed a $15 billion run-rate AI business growing 260x faster than AWS did in its first three years — a legitimately insane stat that social media is sleeping on because everyone's watching oil charts.
Oh, and $GME bid $56 billion for eBay. Michael Burry immediately sold his entire GameStop position. The man who called the housing crisis is not sticking around for this one — and honestly, same.