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Trump says U.S. will blockade Strait of Hormuz and intercept ships that paid tolls to Iran
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-strait-of-hormuz-blockade-iran/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-strait-of-hormuz-blockade-iran/
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25 Comments
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz · 65 pts · 126d
Is trump mad that he isn't getting the bribe money
forrgott@lemmy.zip · 42 pts · 126d
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.
JamieDub86@piefed.social · 6 pts · 126d
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 · 4 pts · 126d
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 · 0 pts · 125d
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 · 2 pts · 125d
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 · 1 pts · 125d
For the first time though im struggling to see what the end game is.
forrgott@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 125d
Corporate armies taking over? WW3? Just a really fucking sloppy way to make billionaires richer?
Yeah, with you on that one...
middlemanSI@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 126d
Lol, and he's using the navy to do it...what a cunt!
forrgott@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 126d
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 · 5 pts · 126d
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 · 1 pts · 126d
Fair. Mango Mussolini is clearly desperate in his attempts to bully others into doing his dirty work for him.
MrMakabar@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 125d
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.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 126d
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 · 1 pts · 125d
As usual.
Cruxifux@feddit.nl · 47 pts · 126d
The peace president threatening other countries and starting more wars.
harmbugler@piefed.social · 7 pts · 125d
Is America great yet?
domusaltera@piefed.social · 34 pts · 126d
He's out of moves basically. This is just a toddler holding his breath now. What a sad clown.
Mk23simp@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 30 pts · 126d
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 · 9 pts · 126d
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 · 15 pts · 126d
Yessss. Make us the enemy of the whole world! Brilliant!
Aequitas@feddit.org · 14 pts · 125d
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.
richardwallass@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 125d
After the panic it sounds so desperate now...
timewarp@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 126d
Trump... "if I can't have you then no one can!"
JustJack23@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 126d
He is mad he didn't think of it first