Good try but the lefts goldfish brain already moved on.
My goldfish braun hasnt.
I wish more of us didn’t. But we’re not really set up to keep these topics fresh. Even look at lemmy. Moderation has created momentum killing boxes that suck the life and energy out of any current events. Almost by design
Didn’t we already do this in March with the whole “nuh uh I’m actually closing the strait to you” bs? I hate summer reruns.
Yo dawg, I heard you like blockades, so we got you a blockade for your blockade!
its been closed and open almost everytime he needs to sell his stocks, or if the files keep appearing on the news.
Trump sees the opportunity to make 20% on everything going through the Strait, and it totally shuts down EVERYTHING else in his brain. That’s now his entire BEING! 20%! That’s REAL money! Arab Sheikh kind of money!
He is mentally ill. He literally can’t resist.
Just fucking die
His bitch ass already TACO’d about this.
He was much faster than I expected on that one. Soon, he’s going to change his mind before the end of his post.
Setting aside the many other things wrong with this, 20% the value of the cargo is just stupid. Most of it doesn’t have that much profit margin in the first place. I know it’s a number straight out of his ass, but damn, the stupid…
Prices will rise, making US fracking gas profitable.
It’s a complete illusion that the US can control this strait. It could destabilize it further if it wishes, but there is no getting a ship through without Iran’s cooperation.
Because Iran has a ton of land along the straight from which they can launch missles, drones, rockets, or even artillery at passing ships. There’s a huge region where they can attack the strait, and the US can’t put hundreds of thousands of troops on that land to hold it all. Therefore Trump cannot declare the strait open, though he can declare the strait closed (this just hurts him most of all).
All his bullshit about floating ships at one end to “gate” the passage, and escorting ships, and shooting down rockets…. It’s complete bluster. Even with the entire US military he cannot guarantee safe passage. And that’s just one of the things he has to do if this war continues. He also has to try to defend our allies in the Gulf and elsewhere.
He doesn’t understand the concept of ‘allies’. I thought this was clear by now.
The US is currently directing the gulf states towards China and Iran as the former has large influence on the latter which claims to attack mainly due to the gulf states being ‘allies’ to the US… which seems to be a worthless titel nowadays.
We have put a door in front of their door and theirs is closed but ours is open so theirs is open because we closed it
Let’s see what happens when a 'protected’ship is damaged.
It’s international shipping going to risk having to sue Trump for damage received, or will they just not go?
Do you not know how insurance works?
I’m pretty sure no insurer would cover you if you went through the straight of Hormuz based on Donnie’s promises.
And I’m absolutely sure Donnie won’t cover the costs himself.
The US is issuing the insurance now instead of lloyds of london
So a company can feed oil tankers to Iran and the US pays?
If the payout is small, it’s a shitty insurance and does nothing.
If the payout is big, it’s free money since you’re pretty much guaranteed to be droned.
So you really think insurance pays over 100?%?
At a 100% risk, it better, or it’s useless.
The data didn’t show 100% risk
And what worth is that insurance is what we are wondering
Even if this were actually going to happen, what is he doing? Renting out the US Navy for profit?
Sure maybe a few servicemen may die but at least America will get some money!
the whole point of the us armed forces is to secure profits
I mean, it’s a part of government that hasn’t been privatized. Imagine if the Armed Forces turned a profit and had a market mandate? Works really well for the prison system! /s
When mobsters visit a local business they also collect payment for protection.
Did a 5 year old playing make believe write this?
Trump Declares US Rubber, Iran Glue
Exactly
I DECLARE… WHOREMUZ!!!
Chef’s kiss
Well done.
“We will pay you to cross the strait.”
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“You will pay us to cross the strait.”
What will happen? They will kill you, that’s what will happen.
It’s not speculations, they did it already: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/15/indian-outrage-over-us-killing-of-sailors-mounts-as-leaders-attend-g7-summit
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