Trump says U.S. will blockade Strait of Hormuz and intercept ships that paid tolls to Iran (www.cbsnews.com)
from tacoplease@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 04:56
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Cruxifux@feddit.nl on 13 Apr 05:20 next collapse

The peace president threatening other countries and starting more wars.

harmbugler@piefed.social on 13 Apr 10:30 collapse

Is America great yet?

Mk23simp@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 13 Apr 05:51 next collapse

Trump: Dang, I can’t make the price of oil go down.

Also Trump: Hey, what if I intentionally make it go up some more so my buddies can do more insider trading?

wheezy@lemmy.ml on 13 Apr 06:33 collapse

Not really insider at this point. The insider part right now is that all the forces of capital are doing what they can to keep oil prices low. With the disruption that we have had so far it should be significantly higher to reduce demand down to actual supply. And, at a certain point, it becomes an entirely non elastic demand as critical infrastructure of entire countries can’t be maintained.

Shit is not gonna go well. I’m in Seoul South Korea now and I’ve already seen a reduction in energy usage by the state. They had a lot of moving pathways and escalators turned off in the subways this weekend. We’re gonna see much more of things like that VERY VERY quickly. Buy some solar panels.

Major_Tsiom@fedia.io on 13 Apr 06:01 next collapse

Yessss. Make us the enemy of the whole world! Brilliant!

Korhaka@sopuli.xyz on 13 Apr 06:17 next collapse

Is trump mad that he isn’t getting the bribe money

forrgott@lemmy.zip on 13 Apr 06:50 next collapse

Yes. So fucking obviously yes. He claimed days before the farcical “negotiations” recently that he would be getting some of the bribe money, so there’s really no question that was one of his demands. And now that’s he’s been told no, he’s throwing a tantrum like the baby we all know he is.

middlemanSI@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 07:14 next collapse

Lol, and he’s using the navy to do it…what a cunt!

forrgott@lemmy.zip on 13 Apr 07:53 collapse

There’s rumors that the massive levels of corruption in our military has resulted in lower stockpiles and overall combat readiness than claimed, and that a prolonged conflict will eventually reveal that.

Fucking hell I do not want the world to find out, though. Cause all that insane bastard would have left would be nukes. And the common folk like myself are all living paycheck to paycheck, absolutely no safety net, pretending we’re all doing well but actually afraid of any disruption - because that would land a man in the streets and homeless.

So, pray he breaks our collective backs and we finally rise up first; but the propaganda here is beyond belief, so that’s gonna take a lot to say the least. 🤕

Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works on 13 Apr 08:48 collapse

Rumours? The US is already reneging on deliveries because it’s stockpiles are depleted. Launching billions upon billions of dollars of hightech missiles at Iran punched a huge hole in the US stockpiles, to relatively little effect.

The Iran war had the same problem as Vietnam. You can’t use a million dollar weapon to take out a ten thousand dollar weapon and expect long-term success. So the Trump government did what they do best, and tried to solve the problem by making the same mistake more rapidly and at greater scale.

forrgott@lemmy.zip on 13 Apr 08:56 collapse

Fair. Mango Mussolini is clearly desperate in his attempts to bully others into doing his dirty work for him.

JamieDub86@piefed.social on 13 Apr 08:41 collapse

I would love to know what each party brought to the table, cause the media isnt saying Iran bad, but its implied.

forrgott@lemmy.zip on 13 Apr 08:52 collapse

The US media? Oh they choose their wording carefully, sure, but the message absolutely is Iran bad. Has been for years.

And they brought a plan for peace, including what they felt were reasonable concessions; we brought accusations and a list of demands for surrender, control, and money. I thought that was kinda obvious.

JamieDub86@piefed.social on 13 Apr 09:29 collapse

Not just USA media.

But yes, the message has always been Iran bad. With these negotiations though no one has said its Iran thats been in the wrong.

Edit: they arent saying Iran bad, just leading you there.

forrgott@lemmy.zip on 13 Apr 09:35 collapse

Oh. Huh. Yeah, I can see that. It’s fucking weird that the assholes running this dumpster fire right now are so damn stupid they can’t get the propaganda right (even Dubya was better at towing the party line, and that moron was probably high off his ass for most of his speeches). Messes with my head. But, I concede that point.

JamieDub86@piefed.social on 13 Apr 09:49 collapse

For the first time though im struggling to see what the end game is.

forrgott@lemmy.zip on 13 Apr 09:58 collapse

Corporate armies taking over? WW3? Just a really fucking sloppy way to make billionaires richer?

Yeah, with you on that one…

Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works on 13 Apr 08:50 next collapse

Partly. But he also just realized that all his buddies sell oil at market rates, and market rates just skyrocketed. Every company producing oil in the US is making an absolute killing right now.

dansemacabreingalone@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 13 Apr 09:44 next collapse

As usual.

MrMakabar@slrpnk.net on 13 Apr 10:05 collapse

This is getting the bribe money. Insider trading on Trump is going to be much better then under say Biden. He also makes the rich even richer and especially the oil and gas industry in the US.

timewarp@lemmy.world on 13 Apr 06:53 next collapse

Trump… “if I can’t have you then no one can!”

JustJack23@slrpnk.net on 13 Apr 08:08 next collapse

He is mad he didn’t think of it first

domusaltera@piefed.social on 13 Apr 08:55 next collapse

He’s out of moves basically. This is just a toddler holding his breath now. What a sad clown.

richardwallass@sh.itjust.works on 13 Apr 09:07 next collapse

After the panic it sounds so desperate now…

Aequitas@feddit.org on 13 Apr 11:52 collapse

I hate the US so much.They should finally stop dragging the rest of the world into their bullshit. I pay high gas prices because you can’t manage to put a bullet in the head of this fucking baby.