Saudi Arabia's East West pipeline, which carries about 4 million barrels a day to the Red Sea port of Yanbu, was shut down Friday. The number that should worry people isn't the 4%, it's the 5 to 7 days. A damaged pipeline is a supply problem with a known fix; a stockpile that runs out before the fix is finished is a price shock... because oil already loaded on ships doesn't care how fast Saudi Arabia's repair crews work. This pipeline exists specifically because it lets Saudi oil skip the Strait of Hormuz, so its outage doesn't just remove 4% of world supply, it removes the one workaround that was keeping that other 4-6% moving too. And the timing isn't isolated: Houthi fighters reportedly seized a Red Sea island the same day.(Donald J Trump Posts TruthSocial)