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Trump ‘threatens to stop’ weapons for Ukraine unless Europe joins Hormuz coalition (aje.news)
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The US president has “threatened to stop” supplying ⁠weapons for Ukraine to pressure European allies to join a “coalition of ‌the willing” to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the Financial Times reports, ⁠quoting people briefed ⁠on the discussions.

According to the report, ⁠Trump threatened ⁠to stop ⁠supplies to NATO’s weapons procurement initiative for ‌Ukraine, which is funded by European countries.

On Tuesday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Al Jazeera it was “very disappointing” that NATO allies such as Spain blocked the use of their airspace and bases for the US-Israel war on Iran. He warned that Washington will re-examine the value of NATO after the war is over.

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[–] 42 points 7 months ago (15 children)

Wait a minute...

Driving the news: A reporter asked Trump in the Oval Office earlier Tuesday how he planned to bring oil prices down

"All I have to do is leave Iran, and we'll be doing that very soon," Trump said, predicting prices would come "tumbling down."

Why would trump care about a coalition to reopen the strait, if oil prices are going to come "tumbling down" regardless? What an idiot.

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  • [–] 26 points 7 months ago (14 children)

    Imagine if Iran just kept the strait closed lmao

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago (13 children)

    That's what they're doing. It's not actually closed the iraniana just demand a bribe to be let through. Their peace offer is for everyone to accept a toll to go through. China russia and india dont care they just buy the cheap iranian oil with a bribe and it's still cheaper than what us and Europe are paying for gas from SA

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  • [–] 20 points 7 months ago (7 children)

    It's a two-tier system. Friendly countries - China, Russia, Malaysia and Bangladesh - don't even need to pay the toll. 'Neutral' countries like India, Indonesia, etc. can transport oil after paying the toll. US and its allies don't get oil, toll or no toll.

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    US and its allies don’t get oil, toll or no toll.

    the allies also don't need to pay a toll if they kick out the us bases from their countries.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Yes, but then the US army will pay you a visit instead of Iran, and unless you've been spending the last decade building tunnels and drones it probably won't work out as well for you.

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  • [–] 14 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    a bribe

    Hahahahahahahahaahaahahahahahahh its a toll, and guess why the price jumped lmao

    look at how much you have to "bribe" the europeans to pass through their country

    https://www.tolls.eu/toll-calculator

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  • [–] -3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Well it's not through iran, it's through international waters, hence why they didn't charge a toll before and now it can be called a bribe

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