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Shawnathan75 Apr 14, 2026 +124

1 day of negotiations…. Well, I didn’t agree on what was going to be for lunch, so talks are off! Ugh…. So amateurish

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Rubthebuddhas Apr 14, 2026 +14

Probably found a couch in a nearby furniture store that was giving him "the look."

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Fallouttgrrl Apr 14, 2026 +6

"If it wasn't giving me bedroom eyes, why is it called a loveseat?"

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MentalDisintegrat1on Apr 14, 2026 +1

ಡ⁠ ͜⁠ ⁠ʖ⁠ ⁠ಡ

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mopeyunicyle Apr 14, 2026 +10

I thought the point of day one was to start the dialogue in person. Both sides give there 100 percent offers which are often unrealistic to get but are the points they work back from to try and find a deal

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isthereadrwho Apr 14, 2026 +1

Especially since they'll be begging for a meeting in the next few days possibly a week

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Chegwarn Apr 14, 2026 +39

Let just hope that Iran doesn’t impose a second blockade… Because that would make…. 3 blockades? And what if other countries impose blockades as well? Gee whizz! Thank our stars we all have such a stupendous leader like Trump to place our faith in!

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ThomYorkeSoup Apr 14, 2026 +6

You haven't even thought about two or three red sea blockades on top of the blockades

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fart_marbles Apr 14, 2026 +7

You know what fixes a blockade? That's right, more blockades. All the way down. I could go for a tall glass of blockade right now. Refreshing

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blankarage Apr 14, 2026 +3

yo dawg i heard you like blockades

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Chegwarn Apr 14, 2026 +3

When life gives you blockades? Make Blockadenade!

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Alternative-Ad-1027 Apr 14, 2026 +1

Trust be bro, Trump had decent math skills - two negatives make one positive. Two blockades will open it.

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blankarage Apr 14, 2026 +1

no no they gonna blockade our blockade /s

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Luppercus Apr 15, 2026 +1

Blockadeception

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[deleted] Apr 14, 2026 +228

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HoustonHous Apr 14, 2026 -83

Reports are coming out that Iran agreed to dilute their enriched Uranium and not developed Nuclear for at least 5 years. The US wants 20. So honestly they are not as far as they want us to think (both sides). I think the blockade was a smart move (the first one by the US this entire time). Hopefully this can end by EOW. Edit: I am being downvoted because I shared a NYT report quoting Iranian sources... you guys just push propaganda instead of having mature conversations. With source https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/13/world/iran-war-trump-news

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AntitheistArchangel Apr 14, 2026 +33

Iran said *up to* five years, not at least. The US also wanted *at least* 20 years. Trump also rejected the offer already. The nuclear issue isn’t the only sticking point, either.

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Art_Class Apr 14, 2026 +15

Youre being downvoted because you're ignoring ignoring key factors that many other people have pointed out. Just because you think your take is better than someone else's doesnt make their opinions immature, that thought process is ironically pretty immature.

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HoustonHous Apr 14, 2026

I shared an article and gave an opinion that if it was to be true the sides are not as far as theybwant us to believe. I'm being downvoted because both sides want it to be wrong. No one posted any other opinion other than this is going to explode anyway because the US is untrustworthy. Which fine, it's possible, but the alternative is more death.

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[deleted] Apr 14, 2026 +31

Zero chance. The us cant be consistent about what they're asking, Iran can't negotiate because it's a shifting expectation. We will continue to find a way to f*** this up more

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merkonerko2 Apr 14, 2026 +6

Are you talking about the headline released by the new York Post which has yet to be corroborated by any other news source?

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HoustonHous Apr 14, 2026 -4

I didn't call Iran directly to confirm if that is what you are implying... im sure everything you share was sourced locally and confirm with 10 Iranians first....

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andruszko Apr 14, 2026 +2

You're being downvoted because it's a shit offer. Currently: Iran can't refine uranium for at least 5 years because that's how long it would take to rebuild the facilities. Iran's offer: they'll hold off on refining uranium for 5 years (offering nothing) in return for sanction relief to fund said nuclear facilities. That isn't an offer. It's them saying "we want everything and offer nothing, surrender to us".

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HoustonHous Apr 14, 2026 +2

But it wasn't accepted... it is still better than what they are saying publicly (both sides)..

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mltam Apr 14, 2026 +18

Did they say thank you even once?

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lateread9er Apr 14, 2026 +27

I don’t get it. I thought we won? Can someone tell Vance that his king already said we won?

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Uvtha- Apr 14, 2026 +6

We did, we won like no one has ever seen before, its really terrific we have the most powerful military, we....

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LiteratureMindless71 Apr 14, 2026 +17

Hasnt this admin made enough money f****** everyone over already?

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Zixinus Apr 14, 2026 +1

Never.

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HDauthentic Apr 14, 2026 +28

That sounds like shitty negotiating to me

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ConfusedInKalamazoo Apr 14, 2026 +6

Whatever makes sense

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DreSledge Apr 14, 2026 +5

Shart of the Deal

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PurpleCoat6656 Apr 14, 2026 +7

Lol, yea shoot at a Chinese tanker and see what happens. What a bunch of sore, idiot losers.

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REXIS_AGECKO Apr 14, 2026 +105

Iran doesnt have to do anything. The longer the strait is closed (by the USA itself by the way), the more they hurt themselves. Iran’s next move is to just wait until trump chickens out or the us economy falters enough

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EditedRed Apr 14, 2026 +75

That could take... days or even hours.

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HotTestesHypothesis Apr 14, 2026 +11

Some say even minutes

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Carbonga Apr 14, 2026 +9

What I've heard, we'll run out of gas in about two weeks in Europe, so it might not take too long. Everything is two weeks now.

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supercali45 Apr 14, 2026 +7

Economy is going down a dark path and this dimwit’s only metric is the stock market

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Lurkin605 Apr 14, 2026 +24

You do realize Iran exports have to go through the straight, right? Including 90% of it's oil... I'm not disagreeing with what you're saying, I just don't think you understand how much more this will affect Iran than it will the US.

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MegaBaumTV Apr 14, 2026 +24

Im not convinced that the US navy will attack a chinese ship going through the strait

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Alive_Internet Apr 14, 2026 +2

They don’t need to attack them. They just need to physically prevent them from entering or leaving. Despite their questionable antics, I think China is rational enough to not retaliate against the US.

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CaptainCanuck93 Apr 14, 2026 +16

How are you imagining physically stopping a boat going through a 39km wide strait if not by an act of violence? Either you're firing on them or boarding them with guns in their face while hoping no one shoots back

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liguinii Apr 14, 2026 +1

Even less if multiple boats go through it at the same time.

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Hilarious_Disastrous Apr 14, 2026 +1

Guess we will never find out because three Iran-approved tankers just passed the strait without incident. So the blockade is fake.

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fleebleganger Apr 14, 2026 +2

Well no, they’ll just attack Taiwan

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myWeedAccountMaaaaan Apr 14, 2026 +2

How can they physically stop them? They can't even get close to the narrowest part of the strait because of Iran's ballistic missiles.

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Key_Marsupial_1406 Apr 14, 2026 +1

Do you really think civilian shipping vessels will attempt to run a US naval blockade?

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Hilarious_Disastrous Apr 14, 2026 +1

The Chinese navy might have something to say about it. If not that, they can always call in the debt the US Treatury owes.

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myWeedAccountMaaaaan Apr 14, 2026 +1

Looks like they have been ignoring the US Naval blockade with impunity so far. The blockade isn't even legal since we're not at war and preventing maritime passage violates international law.

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Key_Marsupial_1406 Apr 14, 2026 +1

The only Chinese tanker that passed the strait came from a port in UAE, the Rich Starry. Easily verifiable information. >Rich Starry is a medium-range tanker carrying about 250,000 barrels of methanol, according to the data. It loaded the cargo at its ‌last port ⁠of call, the UAE's Hamriyah, the data showed. Per Reuters. So no. They're not ignoring anything.

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Hilarious_Disastrous Apr 14, 2026 +1

Seriously, bro, I don't have the patience to politely respond to this comment twice. The PLAN will ram ships that get in their way. They don't care if they or their target sink. It's how the roll. They have been doing this for years to other nations' coast guard vessels on South China Sea.

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Carbonga Apr 14, 2026 -2

Why? Because the US is such an impressive example of military might right now? One might argue that the biggest liability the current situation created was to show how weak the current abilities of the US military and political leadership truly are.

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LoneSnark Apr 14, 2026 -1

I disagree. The current wars have shown that the internationally available Chinese and Russian SAM systems suck and the US airforce can operate in contested airspace. The issue with the current situation is not military capability. It is the age old political limitation suffered by the US: an unwillingness to do ground invasions because of popularity concerns back home. But the world has well understood that mechanic since Vietnam. the US technologically outmatched Iran in 79, couldn't get the hostages back. Outmatched Vietnam, couldn't save south Vietnam.

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Hilarious_Disastrous Apr 14, 2026 +1

And yet, the US is not capable of defending its bases against strikes by drones and missiles, either due to a want of proper tactics, equipment, or leadership.

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LoneSnark Apr 14, 2026 +1

It is due to it being an impossible task. No other country could manage it either.

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Hilarious_Disastrous Apr 14, 2026 +1

That's the same thing as the US is now rendered as impotent as everybody else and has therefore lost its edge.

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SporksInjected Apr 14, 2026 +1

They never said they were going to attack tankers

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SuspiciousBuilder379 Apr 14, 2026 +12

But the oil prices are directly affected worldwide by this shit. Oil prices aren’t set by country. We are a global economy. This will affect all of us, and I’m pretty sure China etc will have something to say about it very soon. And it’s not just oil. We are trying to f*** over superpowers, I give it a week before shit truly hits the fan.

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Tokyoteacher99 Apr 14, 2026 +9

Didn’t China just vote at the UN Security Council against taking action to stop Iran from blocking the strait?

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ysizzle Apr 14, 2026 +1

Well, yeah, but its way worse when the Americans do it!

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jjax2003 Apr 14, 2026 +6

Iran doesn't care if they going poor as long as the US suffers. Americans don't have the ability to outlast the Iranians. Short term pain for them is years. Americans feel pain in hours.

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Hilarious_Disastrous Apr 14, 2026 +2

The Iranian regime is being threatened with destruction. It only needs oil and gas to keep its weapons running. It does not care if its people suffers. This has been amply demonstrated, and even if Iranians are upset, they would be pissed at the US.

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Templar-Order Apr 14, 2026

China will force Iran to negotiate before the us economy even gets close to faltering significantly

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tackle_bones Apr 14, 2026 +11

Pretty sure it was recently reported that China is preparing an arms package for Iran, not a capitulation package. It would be easier for China to cut off REE again to get trump to budge than it would be for them to demand existential concessions by their oil buddy. I’m in the group that thinks Iran’s leadership views this as existential. They have allies in Russia (which is directly accessible thru the Caspian Sea) and China. They’re willing to kill thousands upon thousands of their own people to maintain power. Meanwhile, trump is a pushover, and has elections around the corner that ain’t looking good because of the economic impacts caused by this dumbass war. I don’t think he’s prepared to do what is necessary to change regime and change outlook in Iran. That would require much more than just blocking off the strait.

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CanadianDragonGuy Apr 14, 2026 +1

I give it till Friday close of markets

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mpbh Apr 14, 2026 +1

Iran still has to keep pressure on Western-affiliated ships that try to pass... The US isn't going to blockade ally ships. It's just that allied ships can't get insured to sail through at the moment due to Iran's pressure. They can't just twiddle their thumbs. They have to keep investing resources to keep the Strait out of play.

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jugalator Apr 14, 2026 +1

Exactly. While bad for Iran too, it's much worse for many other parts of the world. Iran of course knows this. _That's why Iran blocked the strait first._ FFS, I swear this timeline is making me dumber by the day.

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toeknn Apr 14, 2026 +1

Not quite. Iran is also on a timer. The strait can only be weaponized as long as the alternatives to bypass it are not financially worth it. The alternatives being multibillion dollar pipelines built from the gulf to other outlets. That means theres is a time frame where itll make sense to actually build the pipelines as everday billions is held up by the closure.

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CaptainCanuck93 Apr 14, 2026 +10

Pipelines take years to build The global economy will tick into recession within weeks

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try_repeat_succeed Apr 14, 2026 +4

Take years to build and, well, not years, to target.

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Alive_Internet Apr 14, 2026 -5

The most likely outcome is that China will force Iran to do something. The US can endure the blockade pretty much for eternity, but China will fully collapse very quickly without oil from Iran.

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HP844182 Apr 14, 2026 -2

The longer it goes, the more supply chains will shift to adjust

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sorrison Apr 14, 2026 +4

To what?

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Hilarious_Disastrous Apr 14, 2026 +1

The economic adjustment here means bankrupting everybody who needed the energy but couldn't afford it. That would technically solve the demand issue, but your new problem is a recession or Great Depression II.

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dbandit1 Apr 14, 2026 +6

Dumbest thing Ive read today

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faffc260 Apr 14, 2026 +5

they have a stockpile worth 6ish months of supply, it'll be a long wait for the collapse.

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terragutti Apr 14, 2026 +3

Not true china gets 10% of its oil from iran. China makes a majority of irans oil business

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Hilarious_Disastrous Apr 14, 2026 +3

Not unless the USN is willing to fire on PLAN ships.

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[deleted] Apr 14, 2026 +5

Don't look to Iran to solve a war the us created. They aren't the ones deciding here. We can't keep a straight face on what the goals are, how can't we expect them to negotiate in good faith

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aintnoonegooglinthat Apr 14, 2026 +1

China doesnt get to lead this dedollarization effort if it tells allies like Iran to cave here

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s4nid Apr 14, 2026 +6

It's not really about the US economy. Look at Asia and the US allies there, they are hurting real bad. South Korea, Japan and Vietnam have massive problems right now regarding the oil situation. These are big trading partners of the US. South Korea is currently beefing with Israel because they can't directly beef with the US, that's pretty much new. Yeah, Iran is hurting real bad, has been for years and decades. Other countries have more to loose and their polulation is not really used to hurting of this way. Soon places will have to start rationing their oil supplies.

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FeeNegative9488 Apr 14, 2026 +7

Iran has been getting bombed off and on for decades and have had dealt with sanctions for decades. They’re likely far more willing to deal with this than the average Americans and the average American isn’t as angry at Iran as Iran is at the US, which means Iran has more staying power. Mid-term elections are 6 1/2 months away. Trump will feel pressure before they do.

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itsFelbourne Apr 14, 2026 +3

>Iran has been getting bombed off and on for decades and have had dealt with sanctions for decades. You guys just straight making shit up now? Iran being bombed for decades is a complete lie, and the sanctions have never impeded their ability to export oil. Iran is in a completely unprecedented situation and its economy was already failing. There is no past litmus that can be used as a comparison to their current situation and where it may lead, in either direction.

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Unfair_Surprise_6022 Apr 14, 2026 +2

Iran was invaded by Iraq in 1980, with nodding approval from the west. Iran fought for nine years,lost a million dead in action, against poison gas,air attacks, missile attacks. They never gave up. The average American loses their mind when the Krogers runs out of Doritos. Who is going to hold out longer?

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Key_Marsupial_1406 Apr 14, 2026 +1

The one who isn't being bombed or blockaded by the overwhelming military force.

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84Cressida Apr 14, 2026

Iran was not getting bombed off and on for decades. That’s just wrong. And the sanctions have worked.

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FredFuzzypants Apr 14, 2026 +2

The US only refines around 60% of domestic oil, relying on imports for the other 40% because of how refineries are engineered. While that can come from Canada or Mexico, as worldwide demand increases, so will the price.

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Charizard3535 Apr 14, 2026 -3

Iran is probably more desperate than America. They are on 3 weeks of an internet blockade and most of their exports go through the strait. America's only problem is slightly higher gas and inflation which if necessary could live with indefinitely.

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Unfair_Surprise_6022 Apr 14, 2026 +3

Yes, the same confidence that led to the American victory in the Vietnam War. “We are richer, have bigger weapons, and they will yield to our might!” Worked out swimmingly.

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dbandit1 Apr 14, 2026 +7

You have absolutely no clue

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Pitiful_Equal_2689 Apr 14, 2026 +1

The internet in Iran has been cut off for about 45 days at this point.

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Yelworc0242 Apr 14, 2026 +21

Iranians are used to hardship. Americans are anything but....

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edki7277 Apr 14, 2026 +2

This is true but you have distinguish Iranian regime and Iranians living in Iran. The comparison should be with Iranian regime not Iranian people.

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Key-Commission70 Apr 14, 2026 +1

What are you even saying? The people of Iran overwhelmingly support their government and are well aware that the material conditions they have to live with are due to western imperialist challenges on their sovereignty.

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az78 Apr 14, 2026 +4

You gotta include the "/s" next time.

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Lokon19 Apr 14, 2026 +4

lol... what planet do you live on? The Iranian people overwhelmingly hate their government due to extreme economic mismanagement and corruption. It's completely laughable to say that Iranians support their current government.

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Xylus1985 Apr 14, 2026 +2

That would be before the wars. In war time people support their government. If US gets invaded by aliens, even the most diehard never-Trumpers will support their government to fight back

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edki7277 Apr 14, 2026 +1

You should talk to someone from Iran before assuming that the majority of Iranians will support the very regime that just executed tens of thousands of them months before the war.

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Lokon19 Apr 14, 2026 +1

That is certainly not the case with Iran. The people there loathe the regime and hate the clerical ruling class. Now that doesn’t mean they want the US running their country but they absolutely want the current government gone

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thatkidnamedrocky Apr 14, 2026 +1

Let’s be honest if they supported their government they wouldn’t have had to slaughtered thousands of them a few months ago and their internet would be working

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WeakBlueberry5071 Apr 14, 2026 +4

AKA you have all the cards

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OttoVonCranky Apr 14, 2026 +4

The words of a failure.

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HogwartsXpress36 Apr 14, 2026 +4

"our balls are in your court"

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HeatWaveToTheCrowd Apr 14, 2026 +4

They spent a whopping 21 hours negotiating. Divorces can take longer.

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B00marangTrotter Apr 14, 2026 +3

I guess Iran won the war. Thanks couch f*****.

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Mission_Cloud4286 Apr 14, 2026 +4

How f*cking stupid is this?? The US attacked another, non-provoking country. Killed 150+ school girls. Since they are fighting back, the US wants to talk peace. Naw, peace went the window when Krasnov pulled the US out of the Iran nuclear power deal. That deal at least let the US know what was going on. Now, it's HYPOTHETICALS! If... Lies... Whataboutisms

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fungobat Apr 14, 2026 +7

>“Whether we have further conversations, whether we ultimately get to a deal, I really think the ball is in the Iranian court, because we put a lot on the table,” Vance said in a Fox News interview. >He stressed that if America’s “red lines” on Iran’s nuclear ambitions are met, “then this can be a very, very good deal for both countries.”

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Imposter24 Apr 14, 2026 +13

Remember when we had a deal with Iran from pure diplomacy and without massively disrupting the world economy?

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fungobat Apr 14, 2026 +8

Thanks, Obama.

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holyoak Apr 14, 2026 +6

I mean, c'mon, he's already spent like slightly less than a full day on it. Let the man have some couch time.

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Liminal_Aspect Apr 14, 2026 +3

Was it one of those exercise balls you can sit on? Don’t touch it - just in case….

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Easik Apr 14, 2026 +3

A smart man might have started with a blockade and not a decapitation attack if the goal was to get them to denuclearize. It makes me think the goal isn't the nuclear and it'll just be the justification for the complete destruction of their oil infrastructure.

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Creativator Apr 14, 2026 +3

Has the US even made any demands. Submitted an ultimatum? What even is this?

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manniesalado Apr 14, 2026 +5

Cutting Iranian exports only works if Iran gets no financial aid from it's allies. At this point Iran has a lot of allies and Trump has made a lot of enemies, so you could see cash flowing to Tehran in spite of no current exports.

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Flaky-Deer2486 Apr 14, 2026 +8

Why would Iran stop America from destroying ourselves with this asinine blockade.

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PlatypusBillDuck Apr 14, 2026 +4

Why would he let Iran set the timeline when the status quo hurts the US so much diplomatically? I know he is evil and dumb but I can't figure out which one is in the driver seat here.

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nn666 Apr 14, 2026 +3

They're all a bunch of unqualified clowns. JD is a failed author. RFK JR has no formal medical or scientific training and is head of Health and Human Services. Jared Kushner is married to Trump's daughter and was in Real Estate. So none of these guys have any negotiation skills or intelligence regarding the situations they have found themselves in. Trump's whole admin are unqualified fools that say yes to him. The US is going to struggle to fix what Donald has destroyed in such a short time, if it is even fixable. Alliances are failing. Trade agreements are being formed away from the US. Talk of changing the petrodollar to Chinese Yuen would be the final card falling on what is already a dumpster fire.

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incarnate_devil Apr 14, 2026 +3

China has told Trump to sit down and shut up. If I’m Iran, I’m just going to let the blockade happen see what China does when a US ship stops a Chinese ship, carrying oil paid for in Yuan, and has paid for the right to pass through. If this was reversed, the US would never allow that ship to be stopped. They would e***** it with its Navy. I imagine China will be the same. Worst case; China, doesn’t get involved and lets the USA do as it wants. Best case; China send its Navy ships and subs to e***** its ships and let the chips fall where they may. Iran losses nothing by taking a wait and see approach here. Trump has no idea what to do here. He can’t fight two wars with one being China. They would take Taiwan in the first move and then no more chips for American missiles. This can only escalate with time. Trump has backed down on so many issues that no one believes he will actually do anything. He’s no Reagan.

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SporksInjected Apr 14, 2026 +1

Iran loses oil revenue by waiting

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Elegant_Tech Apr 14, 2026 +9

China about to ask Iran to pass them the ball.

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Cosmic_Shipwright Apr 14, 2026 +14

Looks like they’re doing the opposite. https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/11/politics/us-intelligence-iran-china-weapons

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itsFelbourne Apr 14, 2026 +2

Tactical posturing is part of negotiating, especially at a ceasefire phase. Part of pushing for a peace agreement is trying to portray a return to the violence as the most costly option possible. China will want a stronger Iranian negotiating position even if they are pushing them to end the conflict.

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dbandit1 Apr 14, 2026 +2

lol where did you bear that from?

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academic_partypooper Apr 14, 2026 +2

Yes the ball is in Iran’s court Trump has no ball

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planetarybum Apr 14, 2026 +2

US is playing bowls, but Iran is playing dodgeball.

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dbandit1 Apr 14, 2026 +3

US is playing tiddlywinks

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dbandit1 Apr 14, 2026 +2

Gotta love those gas prices

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EmmaFrostBroken Apr 14, 2026 +2

No it isn't. Iran doesn't have to do shit. The US wanted these peace talks, they're the ones who asked for a ceasefire. Iran was quite happy to just keep throwing drones at any ship that attempts to pass through the strait without paying their toll. Can he just... Stop? Can he just stop saying dumb shit like this which is clearly meant to be for us (because the Iranians would be laughing at it) to make it look like they're not desperately trying to unfuck a situation they completely fucked.

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Strykehammer Apr 14, 2026 +2

This is wild. Iran shut down the strait as a defence mechanism. Now the Americans are doing it for them. For free. This is like building a wall and making the Mexicans pay for it… wait a minute

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AccordingInsect3481 Apr 14, 2026 +2

The ball, the cards, the oil, etc.

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FelixtheFarmer Apr 14, 2026 +2

Is that code for saying he didn't have cards left to play ?

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Intro-Nimbus Apr 14, 2026 +2

So the war was won within the first couple of hours, but the Epstein administration can't get a defeated enemy to accept a deal for six weeks? I thought deals was the forte of this president?

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jugalator Apr 14, 2026 +2

The ball is really not there, though. Iran has much more time than the international community regarding blockades. Hell, Iran was first to introduce them out of free will in the first place! The clock is ticking and the pressure is really on Trump to get this resolved ASAP, make no mistake...

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ThisAd7070 Apr 14, 2026 +2

Sounds to me that the ball was in the couch and you F’d it 🛋️, the deal I mean…

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njman100 Apr 14, 2026 +2

Vance is a Moron

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NoBSforGma Apr 14, 2026 +4

Here we have Idiot #1 and Idiot #2 trying to "negotiate" with Iran. My cat could do a better job. Let's hope that Iran has better sense and doesn't take the bait of the blockade, which is an act of war. I hope they will just sigh and say, "This too shall pass." And be willing to take the losses rather than start a big war.

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tadrinth Apr 14, 2026 +3

Ball is in fact in Iran's court, as they can sit there, watch the US self-immolate our international reputation, and wait for regime change. Edit to add: if they want to ensure they don't also get assassinated by Israel they don't exactly have any other good option.

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Haunting_Reflections Apr 14, 2026 +3

Except prolonging the closure of the strait is absolutely in Iran’s favor. The ball really is in their court, just not in the way Vance meant.

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thefunkybassist Apr 14, 2026 +2

Maybe he wanted to say "the cards are in their court" but he can't say that of course!

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Dazzling-Leave-7448 Apr 14, 2026 +3

China is up. It has said “don’t even think about trying to stop me”.

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WetFinsFine Apr 14, 2026 +3

the ball's been in Iran's court since this entire debacle started, they've had "all the cards" since day one...someone not-so-bright in this admin hasn't quite figured that out yet

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mymikerowecrow Apr 14, 2026 +3

Ball being in your court is not the same as having all the cards. Ball in your court means you have to make the next move, but the ball is clearly not in Irans court because they have all the leverage right now. Your point about the administration not understanding anything still stands, but in this case they are actually just flat out lying.

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WetFinsFine Apr 14, 2026 +1

completely agree with the semantics here...no argument. I suppose the way I was trying to word is it, "*imagine a tennis player (Iran) just holding the ball, bouncing it, lining up to serve aaaaaaand then pulling back, walking around with it, bouncing some more, looking at the fuzz on it, etc*" all while the opposing player (US) on the other end of the court is growing increasingly frustrated, agitated, red-in-the-face, bellicose at the fact the ball's just "***over there yet to do anything they expect, anticipate or continually state it oughta be doing***" Just the mental image of it - but I fully agree with the semantical breakdown you've afforded me. Respect ✊

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Joyous-Volume-67 Apr 14, 2026 +5

Trump is so desperate for a "deal", which sadly will leave the Islamic terrorist Republic of Iran still imprisoned by it's Islamofascist Mullahs, IRGC and Basij, the poor Iranian people have no shot of regime change

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no_kids-and-3_money Apr 14, 2026 +2

You sound like a normal person.

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Greener-dayz Apr 14, 2026 +2

They should of done this in the beginning if they were going to do it at all.

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mymikerowecrow Apr 14, 2026 +1

Nobody could have imagined that Iran would target the straight

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Turbulent-Warthog449 Apr 14, 2026 +1

No it’s not

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CyberSecWPG Apr 14, 2026 +1

lol... Is the US going to attack a ship that sails through?? not likely..

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TheNicestRedditor Apr 14, 2026 +1

I’m so sick of this back and forth bs

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Boys4Ever Apr 14, 2026 +1

The ball? Is that like cards? These non athletic guys sure talk a lot of games.

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bluddystump Apr 14, 2026 +1

I think Iran is playing Battleship at the moment.

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johnnycyberpunk Apr 14, 2026 +1

“The ball is in their court, but we hold all the cards so they should say thank you. Whatever makes sense. Is your couch single?” - JD

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Afgb89 Apr 14, 2026 +1

The balls*

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ViolettaQueso Apr 14, 2026 +1

JV Dunce is an utter fool.

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exlivingghost Apr 14, 2026 +1

I hope the ball is in their court. I can’t begin to imagine how much Iran is hurting in the feels by raising oil prices to good americans….

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OctoMatter Apr 14, 2026 +1

Doesn't that imply they are holding cards..?

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BluehibiscusEmpire Apr 14, 2026 +1

How many blockades do we need to have a blockade? I saw rumours of the Chinese and other countries looking at putting up an anti blockade blockade

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Vance says 'the ball is in Iran's court' to move peace talks further, as U.S. blockade takes effect

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