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Trump says US may strike Iran’s Kharg Island oil export hub ‘just for fun’
(www.theguardian.com)
Trump disrupts international oil markets 'just for fun'.
this post was submitted on 15 Mar 2026
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The next article I'd love to read is entitled "Blood clot disrupts circulatory system of tangerine wannabe dictator 'for fun'; Trump dead at 79"
Don't give me hope.
Im hoping for something more...painful. But Beggars cant be choosers i suppose.
The fact that people die on-site is likely the worse part. Unless a rising oil price causes people to die elsewhere.
Actually by pricing food and drugs out of reach and bad economy shedding jobs -- yes, that is exactly what happens
Trump hikes Americans' (Democrats and Republicans alike) cost of living "just for fun".
He'll just lie to his cult and tell them that gas is under $2 a gallon...like he's been doing for months...they'll believe him and continue to support him - even as they pay over $3 at the pump - "it MUST be $2 SOMEWHERE...duh president wouldn't, lie - he's a gud Christian man!" It's back over $3 a gallon in Charlotte, NC and we're considered relatively cheap here. The economy has NEVER gotten better, but ask any Republicans and they'll tell you how wonderful life is under Rump!
Nice to hear that gas still costs nothing in US.
I know that the US enjoys cheap gas prices. That's not the fault of the consumer. Honestly, we need to be phasing oil out across the board - in everything from fuel to plastics. It won't happen... until oil costs so much that people stop using it. Maybe that's Trump's plan... maybe... and I'm being extraordinarily sarcastic here: His whole plan is to end US oil dependancy by making it too expensive for anyone to buy.
Your fuel is ridiculously cheap.
And food prices have been reduced by 800 to 1200% - yeah, that's the ticket.
Americans (and the rest of the world)
I heard him talk about the war the other day, it's so disgusting. He's gloating. He's saying the dumbest shit. He's happy 🤮
They're talking big talk, but sending in 2000 marines isn't going to do much. Iran can play whack a mole while they wait out the clock. It's a huge mountainous country and they only need to hit one ship in the strait to cause havoc.
Trump's already had the gall to look around for allies to help in the strait after his year long backstabbing tour. Iran's upped their demands because they smell blood in the water and they just need to draw things out.
after his year long backstabbing tour.
It's wild that someone with his status hasn't figured out that maybe we shouldn't bully every single country in the world, if only out of self-preservation and our own self-interest.
I really hate that we as a people no longer care if our presidents have functioning brains.
The famous shart of the deal.
Trump's already had the gall to look around for allies to help in the strait after his year long backstabbing tour
Hey guys, anyone want to start WW3 on my side? Our power has been checked by Iran and we could really use some help. But also we don't need your help. UK? Canada?... Japan?... China? I know your ships have free passage, but It would make really fun headlines if you helped me.
You are paying taxes so that this man can have fun
We always have been. The 1st time there were people who would say no and explain why. Now we have "yes men" just agreeing with every smooth, mushy -brained idea that come out
This has been true to varying degrees in most administrations, but the sum of the greedy and evil and reckless actions right now seems unprecedented.
Trump is making an excellent case for investing far more into renewables and phasing out oil, at least for energy
Something that I would have said was obvious for decades, that renewables is a matter of national security almost, but you know, people are stubborn
I remember these discussions being had in the 90's, and the excuse was always: "But it'll cost a lot and take decades."
And now here we are. Decades.
For the first time ever, the orange child rapist is doing something good: he's convincing people to switch to EVs at a rate nobody ever did. Seeing gas prices skyrocket has changed the mind of more coworkers to buy an EV as the next car than anything else. So... thanks, I guess?
look into balcony solar panel systems they're coming over to the US they're huge in Europe
Gas prices. Not bombing schools.
You know how they work: "does bombing a school affect me directly?"
What about the last ten years makes you think that the typical American has any shred of empathy within them?
Dude, I yelled at my coworker for calling the school bombing a 'pain point'. Let's not behave like MAGA makes up the typical American.
There's a part of me that wants to believe that Trump is basically a double agent meant to be so blatantly corrupt and awful, taking advantage of every system in the US, that it finally wakes the US up and to realize how fucking awful everything actually is, almost like penetration testing.
In his first term I liked to think that he was actually Andy Kaufman in a fat suit. That he'd faked his death and this was his Gesamtkunstwerk.
It would have been legitimately on brand, and as a punchline being "humanity is fucking stupid you're all fucked," would be hysterical.
Alas...
That's a war crime, and a president should receive a 10 years prison sentence just for saying it.
let's get with reality here. he's never going to see the inside of a prison cell.
he's going to die before anything happens.
He'd flee to Russia or Saudi Arabia before seeing any jail time in the US -- not that I expect any of those outcomes. Just as a point of interest: Idi Amin lived the remainder of his syphilis-ridden life in Saudi Arabia after he was deposed in Uganda.
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Americans have made themselves exempt from war crimes. Not surprisingly all (?) recent Presidents have committed war crimes at some time or another.
ok sure lots of people would suffer and die but driving what's left of the oil market deeper into the crater to the benefit of absolutely nobody would be pretty funny
Yeah, fuck the oil market!
sure, I agree in the abstract, but in practice, blowing up Kharg Island would be an unprecedented ecological disaster, as well as guaranteeing the strait of Hormuz can't be reopened any time over the next however long it'd take to clean up.
Unfortunately, the global economy is extremely dependent on the use of oil for shipping, including for food, medicines and the machinery required to make a modern life livable, so like I said, lots of people would suffer and die for no good reason if this were to actually happen. So yeah, it probably will, given this timeline.
That would be super fucking stupid. No better way to make sure Iran mines the strait. Right now they still need it to export oil. You know the orange one's advisors explained this to him because they didn't target the oil infrastructure on the first bombardment, but he's like Chekov's dumbass: Any bad idea put in his head in the first act must be acted upon by the third.
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That escalator could have been a national hero. A couple sudden starts and stops coulda seen the us being led by a vegetable rather than a facist rotting apricot.
Translation : because he is desparate
Man's evil has no end
So, obviously he's lying, either about the address of the earlier strikes or about the intention to keep hitting the island.
But just consider how fucking bad this lie is. Like, if we actually take him at his word, what he's saying is that he will literally put pilots in harm's way, and kill and maim Iranians, as well as wasting a lot of money, just for his entertainment. That's your commander in chief, America, proudly declaring that he would happily sacrifice human lives just for "fun".
Honestly, assuming that he's lying is actually being kind to him at this point.
Own goal, like most of the things this administration does
Wouldn't that hurt China?
President, strike thyself.
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