🇱🇧🇮🇱🇺🇸 The Lebanese army has confiscated or destroyed 197 of Hezbollah's 260 warehouses south of the Litani River since the ceasefire was declared, but this has been done with extreme secrecy to prevent the army from clashing with Hezbollah supporters. This is Lebanon's position when asked by the Americans why this has not been made public.

🇺🇸⚡️- President Trump on Truth Social, unfazed by the markets, doubles down on his tariff plan.

🇺🇸🇯🇵⚡️- Tokyo Stock Exchange, Nikkei 225, has halted trading.

🇺🇸⚡️- House Speaker Mike Johnson said today on a conference call that people should "trust Trump" however as almost enough GOP Senators voice support for stripping tariffs away its possible the House Democrats with GOP support could pass the law without GOP House leadership.

🇦🇺⚡- Australia's stock market falls 6.4%.

🇰🇷⚡- South Korea's stock market down -4.3%.

🇰🇷⚡- South Korea's market in free-fall, at -5% now.

🇯🇵🇰🇷🇦🇺⚡- Brent and WTI Crude Oil crashing as Asian markets open.

🇯🇵⚡- Japan's markets are down 10%!

🇺🇳⚡- Global stocks have erased well over $20 trillion since February 19th.

🇬🇧🇩🇪⚡- The UK stock futures down 4.1%, while Germany futures -5%.

🇯🇵⚡- Japan’s TOPIX down over 12%.

🇯🇵⚡- Nikkei 225 and Topix futures suspended due to circuit breaker.

Complete panic on Asian markets as some, like Taiwan, have banned shorting just now.

🇺🇸⚡️- "Wall Street trading desks brace for tough market open. Desk traders instructed to brace for heavy premarket selling." - Fox News.

🇹🇼⚡- Taiwan stock index down -7.0%.

🇹🇼⚡- In a rare statement, Taiwan's stock exchange called on investors to "rationally view market movements."

🇦🇺⚡️- Australian stock market (ASX) has fallen an additional 4.7% in the last 30 minutes.

🇹🇼⚡- Taiwan stock exchange to unveil more market stabilisation steps if needed.

🇺🇸⚡️- Wall Street watchers and experts are predicting an all around crash of around 15-20% by days end tomorrow.

President Trump in an interview on Air Force One tonight once again affirmed his support for tariffs saying "sometimes you have to take medicine to fix something".

🇹🇼⚡- BREAKING: Taiwan bans stock market shorts.