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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[–] 58 points 7 months ago

Just imagine what he will do as soon as he thinks that this lever will work!

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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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  • [–] 23 points 7 months ago

    So let me see if I understand this whole situation:

    • Trump and Israel attack a Iran because.... reasons....
    • Iran fires back and closes the Strait
    • Trump realizes that he is too weak and goes crying to Nato in hopes of hiding behind them
    • Nato refuses to help the cowardly Trump
    • Trump in a sulk cried about how Nato wouldn't clean up his mess
    • Now Trump in a spoilt temper tantrum is declaring he won't keep other promises unless Nato fights his battles for him because he's too much of a wimp to do it himself.

    Do I have this right?

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Ohhh so the US IS capable of conditioning aid.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Whoa, let's not jump to conclusions here. Like everything trump says, don't believe it until theres actual evidence to prove its true, and it was peer reviewed by 10 non-republicans that have never bent the knee.

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago

    Coalition of the threatened.

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago

    Trump reeks of flop sweat at present. The desperation is notable even from my vantage point in Australia.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    But I thought European countries were too weak to be useful in a fight?

    And also if European countries weren't willing to deploy troops to the Ukrainian theater why would they to this one

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Watch, their response is gonna be "Don't let the front door hit you where the Good Lord split you."

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    [–] 9 points 7 months ago (10 children)

    You do realize that Ukraine has more cutting edge tech at the new way of war that the US. The EU is getting more weapons from Ukraine and they are building factories in the EU

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    It's not just that.

    Everyone and their mother knows that Iran had close networks with Russia and China. The fact that NO ONE in the West seemed to have learned anything or at least took inspiration from the Ukraine-Russian Conflict is testament to the stagnancy in the West.

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

    Have you seen what they've been doing with drones my guy?

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  • [–] -1 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

    That's not an example of them having superior cutting edge tech, which is what I asked you to provide if it was so obvious

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Drone warfare is example in of cutting edge technology. It doesn't have to be hard electric technology, but the technology of how war is being waged. Using 100 of cheap small drones to stop air attacks from large drones instead of patriot missiles. Creating zones where the enemy can't go it because of drone coverage. Wiping out a 3rd of a countries nuclear capabilities in one attack. Even while oil is at an all time high Russia can't take advantage of it because Ukraine is destroying ports making it almost impossible to ship oil out.

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

    What do you mean by true info and limited how so?

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