US lifts sanctions on some Iranian oil as gas prices soar

Trump: IM GONNA F****** GLASS YOUR COUNTRY Oil market: *ehm* Trump: but please sell some oil.

Well, this is the long way around to get the sanctions lifted.

Art of the deal.

Mind bending

It almost seems that he actually plans on taking control of Kharg Island and actually controlling Iranian oil shipments.

No, it's totally fine! Now the US has more oil to feed the machine and Iran has more money to fight back against it. How else would we continue another pointless war?

This is how he's done business all his life.

Idiotic trust fund baby/con man

His father was pretty much a hustling pimp. Can’t expect much from the son

That and it’s not like gas stations are really going to lower prices lol.

The crux of their argument will be 'Cry harder lib'.

According to them, it's not a war. It's technically true. But they want you to believe it's an excursion.

Probably won't see this on the Conservative subs. They censor this type of discussion

I know republicans that every couple of years I would do a heat test on something like the musk Nazi salutes just to see what they say… thinking THIS will finally be something they agree is bad. but nah. It’s been years and they’ve defending or minimized every single thing. It’s a waste to ask

I suspect it's more perfidy. We've developed a bad habit of stealing oil tankers and tactical lying. Get the oil moving, then take it, especially now that we're building up even more troops in the region

Not maga but this seems to me like Trump desperately looking for an off ramp. Removing the sanctions signals to the Iranians that hey we want to send you this olive branch, let's open a door to talks.

ykw i'll answer this in good faith: The plan is to try and force a Catch 22. Iran's primary means of forcing a peace on their terms is to choke asia's oil supply thus crippling the global economy. In the west, GCC oil shortages cause the price of gas to go up from supply and demand, but for south and east asia that IS their fuel supply, they dont get it from anywhere else. This goes on too long, the lights go out. However, Iran's only real economy is their oil industry. If the gulf is closed, they cant sell any oil either, and thus cant afford to sustain a wartime economy. Cant buy drone parts from China on credit forever, let alone more specialized items to keep a country's infrastructure running or paying for temporary leadership positions. Oil dollars dont immediately turn into weapons however, you still gotta make them in factories that are blowing up constantly. So the American plan is this: Either Iran stays the course, refuses to sell the oil and keeps the strait closed, which could turn Iran from a victim to a problem(or worse, a threat) in the eyes of eastern nations, potentially causing them to begin supporting the war to just get the strait back open. Or Iran can sell the oil, reducing pressure on the global economy and losing leverage in any negotiations in favor of trying to pay for more weapons to continue the fight, which the US is willing to bet they can interdict. Of course the risk here is Iran potentially getting more weapons with the oil money than the US can destroy, but like everything in war its a gamble(like everything this admin does). Personally I think Iran will fall into the trap and the US will get a minor win, but not enough to really alleviate the pain caused by the closed strait or end the war.

No one is winning this war my guy, it's a shit show for everyone involved

don't be silly there were never sanctions on Eastasia

> does that mean Iran is winning the war? Always has been

The only winning move is not to play. And if you understood that reference, you're old haha.

We sure as f*** ain't winning

There is no war in Ba Sing Se.

No it just means the working class is losing

No, everyone is losing the war, but they will all claim to have won it afterwards. It is just one of those wars, you know, the dumbest kind of war.

The senile narcissistic orange TACO strikes again

So much winning trumps even letting iran win that's crazy

And as a bonus, I feel so very much owned.

Cue the Smothers Brothers

The war is stupid, but Israel is the one who attacked oil infrastructure in Iran. [Trump actually told Israel to stop it](https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-vows-no-more-attacks-by-israel-iran-gas-field-after-it-violently-lashed-2026-03-19/). Trump has no idea what he is doing but he doesn't want oil to stop flowing.

I would say that *Trump* has shown that diplomacy with the US is essentially pointless. It's *almost* like other countries are dealing with a pathological liar...

Doesn’t really matter. If they sell to another country, that increases overall supply, e.g., if China buys from Iran, then China doesn’t need to buy as much from Saudi Arabia, so the U.S. can buy more from Saudi Arabia.

Sure they do! Khamenei Jr will really enjoy using genuine USD to buy weapons that will kill US marines.

It's market manipulation at best. Iran oil is already claimed by China, and they aren't going to divert for higher prices. China is supporting them in other ways, they aren't gonna dare jeopardize that.

No dude. We won 3 or 4 times. Those 5000 Marines we are sending and 200billion dollars we need from Congress to continue are for the victory celebration 

i hope no one got a shellfish allergy over there

It's more like tic tac toe, the US got first move, and is still losing.

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It's not a probably. There's plenty of sat images floating around of all the billions in damage done, and even now the US airbase in Baghdad is on fire and the embassy is abandoned. Israel is essentially blind and giving no to little warnings anymore. It's an unmitigated disaster. That doesn't mean Iran isn't also taking tremendous damage, because they surely are.