Iran-US war latest: Trump pledges to reopen Strait of Hormuz from today as Tehran warns of ceasefire violation (www.independent.co.uk)
from TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 04 May 07:38
https://lemmy.world/post/46411911

Donald Trump has pledged to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as early as Monday morning in a “humanitarian gesture”. The US president declared that “Project Freedom” was meant to “free up people, companies, and Countries that have done absolutely nothing wrong”, who he called “victims of circumstance”. It comes after Trump said on Saturday that there was a “possibility” he could order renewed strikes against Iran. Iran’s military warned the US against taking such action, declaring it retained security control over the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said the decision comes as his representatives were having “very positive discussions” with Iran, who reportedly issued the US president a one-month deadline for negotiations on its proposed deal to reopen the strait and bring an end to the war. However, Ibrahim Azizi, a senior Iranian lawmaker, has warned that US involvement in managing shipping through the Strait of Hormuz would constitute a violation of the ceasefire.

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wuffah@lemmy.world on 04 May 08:51 next collapse

Not only can Trump decidedly not “open the strait”, he may not even be able to order strikes for much longer. China is strategically cutting off rare earth minerals and raw materials vital to US weapons manufacturing:

China holds all the cards and knows how to play them. Gallium and germanium controls came in August 2023. Antimony controls came in August 2024, with a full ban of shipments to the United States in December 2024. As a result, antimony prices surged by 134%. Tungsten restrictions were imposed in February 2025; the price skyrocketed by over 557% per metric ton. Then MOFCOM Announcement No. 18 of April 4, 2025, placed seven medium and heavy rare earths under discretionary licensing. Chinese rare-earth magnet exports were curtailed by 74% the following month. In October 2025, Beijing extended the regime extraterritorially to any product, anywhere in the world, containing as little as 0.1% of Chinese-origin rare earths.

fortune.com/…/us-missile-stockpile-depleted-iran-…

If you wanted to destroy the United States militarily, pissing off China in a trade war and then depleting strategic stockpiles of advanced weaponry in a catastrophically frivolous war would be a fantastic strategy. This is after stifling trade further with a bizarre play at also blockading the Strait, and insulting Europe even as they honor their prior defense agreements while Trump hamfistedly tries to maneuver into blaming them for his monumental “strategic” blunders. I use “strategic” here in the loosest possible terms because every military strategist, analyst, administration, and world leader would tell you that no one has tried to dislodge the Iranian regime for the past 50 years because of exactly what is continuing to play out, like some kind of waking absurdist nightmare.

I can’t tell if he’s actively making impossibly stupid decisions on purpose, or if he just saw Putin’s egotistical meat grinder in Ukraine and decided he wanted one too. Maybe he’ll threaten to invade China after he realizes how many exotic materials we import from them.

AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social on 04 May 10:04 collapse

I can’t tell if he’s actively making impossibly stupid decisions on purpose, or if he just saw Putin’s egotistical meat grinder in Ukraine and decided he wanted one too. Maybe he’ll threaten to invade China after he realizes how many exotic materials we import from them.

There’s a third option: he is actively trying to oestroy the US from the inside so the epstein class can then buy everything for pennies.

At a certain point, you really start asking yourself about it. Even the dumbest one will eventually do something right, but to do the wrong thing every single time requires intent.

random_character_a@lemmy.world on 04 May 09:23 next collapse

So, another insider trading TACO loop?

gukleszl4hs48ughgxhr5xgd@fedia.io on 04 May 10:53 next collapse

Iran-US war latest: Tehran ‘hits US warship with two missiles’ in Strait of Hormuz after issuing warning to Trump

The new headline, lol

Catma@lemmy.world on 04 May 11:12 collapse

Is it Manipulate the Market Monday already?

REDACTED@infosec.pub on 04 May 12:12 collapse

It’s Monday my dudes