The Pentagon "Pizza Index" Surges, Is Trump About to Take Action Again?
On January 5th, an open-source intelligence account that claims to track the Pentagon's "Pizza Index" posted on social media that the customer traffic at a pizzeria located 2.3 miles from the Pentagon increased by 625% on that day, while another pizzeria near the Pentagon saw a 313% increase in customer traffic.
Although the Pentagon has repeatedly denied a direct link between the "Pizza Index" and military actions by the US military, the "Pizza Index" has indeed coincided with US military operations at certain time points. For example, before the US air strike on an underground nuclear facility in Iran in June 2025, there was a significant surge in pizza orders around the Pentagon.
Similarly, before this kidnapping of Maduro, the foot traffic at multiple pizzerias also surged several times higher than usual.
Therefore, the current sharp rise in the "Pizza Index" naturally triggered high speculation about the next move of the US military.
Especially considering that the US military deployment in the Caribbean has not yet been withdrawn, and on the 4th, Trump had just issued threats to multiple countries including Mexico, Denmark, and Colombia, warning the acting president of Venezuela, Rodriguez, that if he refused to accept US conditions, he would face "heavy costs," even the involvement of ground forces. This makes it difficult not to see it as a signal that Trump is about to take some kind of military action.
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