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News & Current Events Apr 23, 2026 at 4:14 PM

U.S.-Iran war evolves into naval standoff over Strait of Hormuz after both countries seize ships

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U.S.-Iran war evolves into naval standoff over Strait of Hormuz after both countries seize ships
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U.S.-Iran war evolves into naval standoff over Strait of Hormuz after both countries seize ships
Brent oil has risen above $100 per barrel again as tanker traffic through the strait remains at a near standsill.
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UpsyDowning Apr 23, 2026 +102
This is turning into a real shipshow…
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snoopingforpooping Apr 23, 2026 +29
Ship happens
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Paul_Smith_Hi Apr 23, 2026 +9
Everybody ships!
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cleo22270 Apr 23, 2026 +4
Oh ship!
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vatsal_0810 Apr 23, 2026 +4
Donald ships the bed and his pants.
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Magus_5 Apr 23, 2026 +2
His cargo pants?
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mnlaker Apr 23, 2026 +1
But shipping doesn’t- at least not through the strait right now…
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LeftToaster Apr 23, 2026 +2
Both sides are blocking the strait to prevent the other side from blocking the strait.
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rememberall Apr 23, 2026 +25
And the Secretary of the Navy just resigned........
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Takis12 Apr 23, 2026 +15
Before he got fired….
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AccomplishedPath4049 Apr 23, 2026 +13
Meh, no great loss there... >Phelan had no military experience prior to his appointment by President Donald Trump in March 2025. He is a major art collector and Republican donor who has led private investment firms. [source](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/04/22/navy-secretary-john-phelan-iran-war.html)
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Caymonki Apr 23, 2026 +4
He was a wealthy Trump donator with no military experience, who obviously authorized illegal boat strikes. No loss. Not that his replacement is any better, total nutter but at least has military experience.
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Capital-Control308 Apr 23, 2026 +33
Get Smart already did this. Kaos and Control both started kidnapping each other’s agents.
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Kashawinshky Apr 23, 2026 +31
The editor really should've changed it to "devolves."
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lost_horizons Apr 24, 2026 +1
Eh, that suggests this is worse than what was going on before. Which was intense bombing all over the region. This is more like just a change as this conflict, yes, evolves into a new phase. I hate all of it but this is better than bombs and missiles every which way.
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cammcken Apr 24, 2026 +1
That implies that whatever conflict existed before was either larger or more structured than the current situation.
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0Hakuna_Matata0 Apr 23, 2026 +7
Once you understand that Trump only understands politics and geopolitics as a sports match or wrestling match, it’s easy to see how he views events like this. He is literally thinking about it like a scoreboard and if he seizes more ships he wins. Him being president of the US is peak stupidity of humanity
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qning Apr 24, 2026 +1
Not just who seizes more ships, but who gets the most upvotes and retweets. 
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copperblood Apr 23, 2026 +15
The US just needs two more weeks! Opening the Strait of Hormuz, when it was already open prior to the US / Israel’s illegal war with Iran is going to turn into the cryptocurrency mass adoption timeline…. crypto just needs another 17 years for mass adoption!! 🤣🤡
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calmnutz Apr 23, 2026 +4
Yes, didn’t we just pass Trump’s 2-3 week window for this war to end?
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copperblood Apr 23, 2026 +4
Get your ass to Mars!
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Naghagok_ang_Lubot Apr 23, 2026 +3
This is getting out of hand! Now, there's two of them!
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BOPSurfcasting1 Apr 23, 2026 +8
Mango really did it this time, I can't see anyway out of this. How the f*** do we get that strait open and ships on the move?
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Double-Rich-8308 Apr 23, 2026 +11
hey don’t insult mangoes okay
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IKillZombies4Cash Apr 23, 2026 +10
Iran can just sit there and wait. The rest of the globe is about to go into hyper oil shock. The price is artificially low to calm markets, and the levers to maintain that are running out. There's no oil on the high seas, its all delivered, or stuck...this is a situation with a lit fuse. I still fear that China is going to tell the US "we're sending 10 freighters through today, don't touch them" and our fatalistic leadership is going to manage to make a mess of that.
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Quartnsession Apr 24, 2026 +3
There's plenty of oil on the high seas it's just not going through the straight.
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Difficult_Mousse7976 Apr 23, 2026 +5
Iran can’t afford to sit down and wait for too long, their economy will collapse if they can’t sell oil in a couple of weeks. Oil production on Kharg island will stop without export, and their oil facilities will implode. The blockade of Iranian ports and seizure of Iranian oil tankers is a good strategy to force the mullahs to cut a deal that includes abandoning nuclear weapons, toll free Hormuz, limit on ballistic missiles and no more funding for proxies. China would rather put pressure on the mullahs to take a deal than confront the US navy.
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gumby_twain Apr 23, 2026 +1
That’s a false flag waiting to happen.
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DashingDino Apr 23, 2026 +4
The US should just go home and take the L
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Leftoverofferings Apr 23, 2026 +13
Then they would leave control of the strait to the Iranians. And they then have hold over the global economy. There is no good resolution. The best would be if Cheetolini wasn't stupid enough to start this.
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DashingDino Apr 23, 2026 +3
Right now there's effectively a full blockade. The Iranians want to restore shipping while taking a cut, which is worse than how it was originally but still a massive improvement from what the situation is now
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ffrkAnonymous Apr 23, 2026 +1
Second best is to take the L. 
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swizzcheez Apr 23, 2026 +1
So the global checkers game of grabass continues. 
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Aggressive-Fail4612 Apr 24, 2026 +1
Maybe the new secretary will be stupid enough to sail our ships into a tiny kill box
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Spinoza42 Apr 23, 2026
So funny that Leavitt said Iran isn't violating the ceasefire because the ships were neither Israeli nor American. I guess Iran can just attack the Gulf states without violating the ceasefire as well then?
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