UK will not join any Trump blockade of strait of Hormuz

Market manipulation, and if possible, take in some bribes too.

By blockading and charging a fee Trump can make a personal profit while Americans will pay more for fuel because of it. This is what American voters want....I guess?

Here I thought it doesn’t matter to the US

Have you ever seen one of those clueless, shit for brain loud mouth dickheads at the end of the bar, always shooting their mouth off about how dumb everyone else is and how if they were in charge they'd sort things out in a day? This is what happens if one of those morons is in charge.

Well then Iran mentioned installing a toll, and then Trump offered to get halfsies on the toll but Iran said no, so now the orange one is claiming to use the US Navy to blockade the strait of Hormuz.

Trump's decided if you can't beat em, join em! He thinks every country should be able to shake down any other country for anything they want, might is right. That's a bold strategy Cotton, let's see how this plays out.

The strait being closed is good for ruzzia

Trump now wants buddies to join his grift and legitimize it. Join in, get paid. Don’t join in, and get shafted. Will make interesting narrative when the time comes to account for it all.

Yeah this is kind of just absolute insanity… i’m good with the 25th amendment at this point…

Australia will not join the naval blockade to open up shipping.

Pump n dump. Funny that markets are playing along. Most of the transfer is being absorbed by pensions and 401ks, so not _that_ funny, I guess.

Actual tactical and strategic reason (not just people repeating talking points below on both sides?) - because Iran is allowing certain tankers through. The US is now saying, we’ll block you and those you let through if you don’t let all. Either we all can go or none. Not just some (especially those that are funding their military efforts). Yes it’s bad for the economy in the short term. Yes the US wanted it open. No, then blockading it isn’t some crazy leap. The goal is not to have c**** oil right now for the US. Their objective (again, remember there’s a lot more folks than just trump) is to cripple Iran so they are no longer a regional influence (aka military or economic threat in region). This is basically trying to “starve” them out metaphorically. Not saying good or bad or right or wrong (though Iran has been crueler to their people than the US in recent decades). Just sharing why certain tactics are being used.

I think the idea is that now Iran doesn’t get to decide who gets through or not. Locks it up further 🤷‍♂️

Iran is getting a milly per ship that passes.. Trump wants in on that.

It's about the petrodollar - Iran was trying to shift to the Yuan by only allowing oil purchased with Yuan through the strait. Trump doesn't want the market moving away from the US dollar, as it's the thing keeping the currency stable/propped up - a constant demand for dollars to buy oil. Stopping any ships going through is better for them than the alternative.

We do but apparently Iran is charging a fee for safe passage for the info on how to get past their minefield. Now trump is gonna block all passage until all oil can safely pass without being extorted for safe passage.

Yes, this plan is so unbelievably dumb it could have only come from Donald Trump himself

You should talk with a maga hat. It's infuriating

It's the art of the deal baby.

[Relevant clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnI30mIKW2k).

Leslie Nielsen as president in Scary Movie would be a vast improvement to the current one.

I get to use this top comment for the next post!

This has Michael Scott energy "You know what? Im going to block it even harder!"

If we call it the Gay of Hormuz maybe he’ll back out

Bloody worldwreckers

Praise be to Allah!

That would be some good trolling if Iran tweeted that with Trump blockading the blockade.

Or, Trump just thrives in being the modern day equivalent of Hitler and turning the US of A into the modern day equivalent of Third Reich. It's just the kind of guy he wants to be and just the kind of business he wants to run, isn't it?

It’s also ironic given Trump is actively appeasing and seemingly working on behalf of Putin to further Russian geopolitical interests.

Netanyahu probably closest to Hitler, he's going well into the expansionist phase. Trump is a Hitler aspirant desperately trying to prove his worth but is really just a useful idiot for his handlers. Putin doesn't need a comparison, he's just the latest in a long line for Russia.

Even if the UK would send ships immediately to support the blockade, Trump would probably have changed his mind before they even get there, you know, TACO style.

\+1 The current US Administration seems to bring failure to many things they touch. So predicting they will bring failure(s) to this event, as well.

"The US doedn't need the help of the UK since they refused to answer our call for help!"

The world was never with Trump to start with. All this is showing is the resolve of the worlds intention. He fucked up America's diplomatic standing in the first month of his administration by starting a massive trade war and threatening his allies. None of this is a surprise, just a confirmation.

The world was never with the Trump administration. They just put up with him and entertained him while he stamped his feet. However, when he started imposing tariffs on his allies and threatening to invade Greenland this year, that’s what made the world refuse to entertain him anymore. He cannot be trusted. Why come to the aid of someone who imposed tariffs on you for no reason?

Then its 3d chess, so us would have to block Iran blockong the US blocking Iran to get 4d chess.

Yo’ dawg. We heard you like blockades…..

It’s just half time, we’re switching sides

Need lil bit of Metamucil

Why can't death take him already? Better people than him die so young while these old senile farts keep on kicking.

((that we started a way to open while it was open))

Pretty sure he stopped colouring his hair