Fuck sake, now he's threatening third-party vessels with his malevolent idiocy. This is a big misstep of an escalation, no?
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This is a big misstep of an escalation, no?
Always has been
In all seriousness, is he expecting the US Navy to fire on civilian vessels? I'd bet we're nearing a point of mutiny on some ships
I don't think there can be 30 hour laundry fires on a US Navy vessel without at least a little bit of mutiny.
I’d bet we’re nearing a point of mutiny on some ships
I'll take that bet
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Just to make sure I understand.
- the US is now doing what Iran wanted to do anyway, but
- Iran does not have to spent any assets on doing it
- all the negative optics are now on the US
Genius.
Everything he does makes sense, if you can accept that he sees the United States itself as an rival for the attention and praise that is rightly his. Commanding other people's attention, redirecting it to himself, has been the only trick behind his falling-up success, his whole life. This is what they mean when they say "all publicity is good publicity."
Now we're not talking about Iran, we're not talking about America's future, we're talking about him.
He's angry that some countries are allowed through so he's breaking everyone's toys
From "OPEN THE FUCKING STRAIT OR WE'LL BOMB YOU TO THE STONE-AGE" to "lol no, now I'll block the strait" 🤪🤡
If they thought of it 5 weeks ago, maybe that wouldn't be as terrible idea.
Same with providing the insurance coverage right away, so ships wouldn't stop the movement.
But we are dealing with geniuses here. I mean trump's uncle was in MIT so obviously trump has to be smart. /s
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I'm not an expert here, but considering that he is literally threatening other nations' vessels in international waters, I'm wondering at what point the actions of the US Navy to "interdict every vessel" would constitute an act of war.
Hopefully the rest of the world increases the pressure on Trump and the US since it looks very much like he's completely to blame for the rising oil costs around the globe.
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This doesn't hurt Iran at all, it just makes the problem worse for everyone else. All this will accomplish is loading more international pressure on the United States to end the conflict immediately with major concessions to Iran.
The best case scenario here is sieging Iran until they go bankrupt, but more likely that the US will go bankrupt first.
Are... are the ceasefire talks in the room with us now, Donnie?
Edit: Trump Was Watching a U.F.C. Fight in Miami While Iran Talks Collapsed
Jesus Christ, this guy is a god damned lunatic. He doesn't want to lead the free world, he yearns to be a banana republic dictator. And he's trying like hell to turn us into exactly that.
He's embarrassing Kim Jong Un.
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If a ship refuses to follow orders is USA going to blow it up?
There are a few boat captains in Venezuela that you could ask ...
Uneducated terrorists do uneducated terrorists things
I’m kinda sad we used “Stupidgate” the last time he was impeached multiple times. This kinda relates to gatekeeping and is muchly stupider.
This is Stupid Iraq. Mind you, Iraq was incredibly fucking stupid to begin with.
This is like that, but much, much stupider.
Is this the same "illegal toll" that Trump wants to be a joint venture?
Isn't it crazy that he tried to spin it into success so much that he even wanted to put himself and Iran on the same team?
Actual US military directions/rules are more sensible than initial tweet. But after they posted, Trump has said that any boat he doesn't like will be treated like Carribean fishing vessels. Insurance needs policy to last 7 or more days, and insurance currently requires paying Iran a toll (coordinated by insurance company, for shipper convenience). There is a big difference between ordering or seizing a ship temporarily and blowing it up. Military direction is just that ships will be required permission or denied.
good thing the military is prepared to refuse orders andohwait nevermind.
Yeah, anyone who thought that was remotely a possibility of happening is completely fucking naive.
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this makes no sense?! he was incensed the Strait was closed, but is now keeping the Strait closed?! How much more madness must we endure at the hands of these idiots?
Iran said we'll put a toll booth, Trump said oh cool let me get in that JoiNT vEntURe, Iran said get fucked, now Trump is upset because he sees money in front of him and he's not getting a cut.
Failed mobster wannabe is crying
Stephen Miller is the worst President in our nation's history.
There you go, my new brilliant plan, that should solve the problem easy peasy.
It will be so funny when China or France or any other country don't even complain about it because of how brilliant I am.
-Trump.
Dump and pump. Next week while markets are closed there will magically be positive negotiations again and the strait will once again “open”.
Yep, Sunday fits Trump's weekly stock market manipulation cycle. I have an uncanny feeling a team with a combined portfolio of real estate development, private equity, and venture capital interests didn't go into this with true diplomatic intentions.
Trump also said the U.S. was ready to “finish up” Iran at the “appropriate moment,” stressing that Tehran’s nuclear ambitions were at the core of the failure to end the war.
Good thing we completely decimated their nuclear program many months back. That should make it much easier to finish the illegal war.
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And thanks to the fact that 90% of the US armed forces are MAGA dipshits, we can be rest assured that literally no one will refuse to carry out these orders, and any other increasingly unhinged commands that may come in the near future.
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Well this should be interesting but as always, TACO.
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