Trump says US will blockade Strait of Hormuz after failed Iran talks (www.theage.com.au)
from floofloof@lemmy.ca to world@lemmy.world on 12 Apr 13:25
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blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 12 Apr 13:40 next collapse

I wish he’d just fucking die

Akh@lemmy.world on 12 Apr 14:21 collapse

Republicans could remove him… they still support the child rapist

Today@lemmy.world on 12 Apr 16:22 collapse

Taco like always, then kick it in December.

TheFrirish@tarte.nuage-libre.fr on 12 Apr 14:02 next collapse

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

BananaTrifleViolin@piefed.world on 12 Apr 14:10 next collapse

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

EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world on 12 Apr 14:59 collapse

I assume he’s going to stop Iran from selectively letting ships through, but that sounds like he’s going after foreign countries neutral/allied with Iran, which would be an escalation.

Typhoon@lemmy.ca on 12 Apr 14:48 next collapse

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

Eril@feddit.org on 12 Apr 16:17 next collapse

Kindergarten shit, tbh. That is a president btw

El_guapazo@lemmy.world on 12 Apr 16:24 collapse

A stroke of the stable genius would be a step up

GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world on 12 Apr 14:57 next collapse

The real reason is that he’s not happy that the countries he told to “open the strait themselves”, started making deals with Iran to allow them through., whereas he was hoping they would join his illegal war.

So now he’s gonna blockade it FOR EVERYONE, because that’s the kind of piece of shit scumbag he is. If the US isn’t allowed through, no one is, unless you give Trump a bribe prize too.

FUCKING DIE ALREADY.

green_red_black@slrpnk.net on 12 Apr 15:33 collapse

In this case let his crypto firm get some of that bitcoin toll money Iran is collecting

dumbass@piefed.social on 12 Apr 15:13 next collapse

Trump: OPEN THE FUCKING STRAIT YOU CRAZY BASTARDS!

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

kmartburrito@lemmy.world on 12 Apr 15:30 next collapse

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CaffeinatedCubits@programming.dev on 12 Apr 16:03 next collapse

He really is the dumbest man in earth.

Gates9@sh.itjust.works on 12 Apr 16:46 next collapse

Okay dumass 👍

Supervisor194@lemmy.world on 12 Apr 17:51 next collapse

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

floofloof@lemmy.ca on 12 Apr 18:17 collapse

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?

WanderingThoughts@europe.pub on 12 Apr 18:45 collapse

he gets himself into a trap he can’t get out of, but he is unable to think that far ahead

That describes this whole war so far.

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works on 12 Apr 18:11 collapse

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 .