Four Fingers News — Saturday, May 30, 2026
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Saturday · May 30, 2026
From the Editor
Day 92. Saturday, and the wire goes quiet even when the war doesn’t. Here’s what stuck with me this week: the market has decided the peace is real. The S&P just booked a ninth straight up week and Brent slid toward $91 on “optimism” — all of it priced on a deal nobody has actually signed. Trump walked out of Friday’s Situation Room without putting pen to paper, and now there’s a second name needed on the dotted line: Mojtaba Khamenei, who inherited his father’s chair and, it seems, his caution. Two men, two signatures, neither one moving. Meanwhile south Lebanon empties out north of the Zahrani and almost no one’s watching. Wall Street believes in this deal more than the negotiators do. That gap is the whole story. See you Monday.
— T.
The Run Down
HORMUZ
Trump Ends Situation Room Session Without Signing The Hormuz Deal; Hegseth Says Gulf Forces “More Than Capable” Of Resuming Fire
President Trump left a roughly two-hour Situation Room meeting Friday without the “final determination” he had promised, and the 60-day memorandum to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and pause the three-month war went into the weekend unsigned.
LEBANON
Pentagon Opens First Israeli–Lebanese Military Talks As Israeli Troops Push Deeper South
Israeli and Lebanese officers met at the Pentagon on Friday for the first direct military-to-military round under the April truce, even as Israeli forces pushed further into southern Lebanon.
MARKETS
Dow Tops 51,000 For The First Time; S&P 500 Closes At A Record
The Dow crossed 51,000 on Friday and the S&P 500 finished at a record 7,580.08 — a seventh straight up day and ninth winning week, its longest run since 2023.
CAPITOL
Congress Breaks For Recess With ICE Funding Bill Still Stalled
The Senate and House left for the Memorial Day recess without voting on the $72B package for ICE and CBP, hung up on a $1.78B Justice Department “anti-weaponization” fund and a parliamentarian ruling against $1B in White House security money.
CRUDE
Brent Logs Its Worst Month Since 2020 Even As Tanks Keep Draining
Brent settled near $92.56 Friday, down about 19% on the month on bets the Hormuz deal holds — its steepest monthly drop since the 2020 crash.
HOOPS
Spurs Force Game 7 In Oklahoma City; Knicks Wait In Their First Finals Since 1999
San Antonio routed the Thunder to even the Western Conference final, with the decider tipping tonight in Oklahoma City.
NORTHWEST
Seattle Gets A Split Weekend — Morning Cloud, Afternoon Sun, Highs Near 62
The forecast calls for clouds giving way to sun Saturday with a high around 62°F and a clear, mid-40s night.
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