Trump says US will blockade Strait of Hormuz

techblueberry

Are we allied with Iran now?

xg15

Trump pulling an Uno Reverse and feeling very smart about it?

ericmay

Great to see the US is asserting its control over the Straight of Hormuz. Just like Iran "asserted control" by threats with missiles, we now assert control in the same fashion with our navy. Crazy! :)

mindslight

What an utterly pathetic man. He gave away the Strait of Hormuz to Iran with an ill-conceived plan. Even the US military-intelligence community had long thought attacking Iran a poor idea, and that's really saying something! And now instead of taking his licks and finding some way to downplay a swift loss to an elective way, his new genius response is to commit an act of war against the same countries Iran is attacking?

croes

Random US soldier: "Are we the baddies?"

general1465

USA is racing with Iran who can get to 200USD per barrel faster.

Razele

so now iran’s allies need to get their oil elsewhere. could only mean one thing for prices.

jacquesm

I wonder if Donald Trump is aware that he is asking for a repeat of Pearl Harbor.

techblueberry

I have a conspiracy-adjacent question. Let’s say your goal was to reduce globalization, but tariffs were too unpopular a way to do so. They too directly put the blame on the president for what happens. Would starting a war with Iran, shocking energy and transportation prices, raising the costs of exports from every other country be a more solid mechanism? Especially when the US is a net exporter from oil and could conceivably protect domestic industries from the same? It also - if Trump loses the presidency, the Iran war impacts will continue for years, the impact of tariffs would end relatively quickly.

numpad0

I just wonder if all he wanted was another trinket gifting ceremony in his office with "the CEO of Iran", and he thought everything he's approved was strictly for show. That seem to explain a lot of his visible confusions and weird messaging, to me...

logicalmind

At this point I'm skeptical enough to believe this is yet another attempt at market manipulation.

locallost

So the problem of skyrocketing oil prices because of the Iranian control of Hormuz will be solved by a blockade, which will prevent even more oil from reaching the market. Nobody is 1) this stupid to do it 2) this stupid to bite on this threat

tim333

There's a comedy sketch in there somewhere. I expect it'll be called the Straits of Trump soon.

maxglute

Interesting times intensifies.

IAmGraydon

Is it a coincidence that he posts an insane sounding headline grabber the moment that his dictator buddy Orban announces his loss? The idea that a dictator could be ousted is very consequential to Trump, and isn’t an idea he would want to allow to spread.