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Trump says US will blockade Strait of Hormuz after failed Iran talks (www.theage.com.au)
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[–] 8 points 7 months ago (1 child)

Cool, so now Iran won't even need to expend resources to do it themselves.

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

    Isn't that like the extract opposite of what everyone wants which is free flowing shipping?

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    [–] 44 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I wish he'd just fucking die

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

    "I can't open the strait of hormuz, so I'll pretend I'm the one who wanted it closed". Moron.

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    • [–] 29 points 7 months ago

    Trump: OPEN THE FUCKING STRAIT YOU CRAZY BASTARDS!

    also Trump: Were gonna close the strait by blocking it.

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    [–] 28 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)

    Blockade the strait you want unblockaded. What a stroke of genius.

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    • [–] 10 points 7 months ago

    He really is the dumbest man in earth.

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    [–] 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    This is an ongoing stock market pump and dump. There cannot be any other explanation.

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

    He was annoyed that Iran might make money from charging ships to pass through. So he made sure they can't. In the process he gets himself into a trap he can't get out of, but he is unable to think that far ahead.

    It's possible he also wants to be paid for letting ships pass, but who would pay him for that when Iran will stop the ships anyway? He might pretend the USA can give them safe passage, but the USA's inability to win militarily has already shown the world that it can't.

    So the world's economy gets tanked and more people everywhere suffer and starve. Maybe he thinks this will pressure the USA's "allies" to come and help the USA fight Iran, but who would help a country that demonstrates upfront that it's this willing to fuck you over?

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    • [–] 8 points 7 months ago

    He's just saying that to look like he's in charge.

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    [–] 7 points 7 months ago

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    [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    It’s even more darkly hilarious, because the Strait was opening, after a fashion, but the US was getting nothing out of it, and everyone was doing their best to just steer clear of any US connection at all. But being pointedly cut out of a deal made orangeboi BIG MAD. So uh… we’ll see what the rest of the world does now that we’re functionally blockading most of it .

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    [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Okay dumass 👍

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