These morons....
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Surely this time people will stop talking about the Epstein files...
especially when melania made a speech how she "wasnt involved in diddling kids,or helped diddle kids"
"Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz," said Trump, who is strongly opposed to the idea of Iran charging ships a toll to pass through the strait.
"I have also instructed our Navy to seek and interdict every vessel in International Waters that has paid a toll to Iran. No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas," he said.
Pretty sure what Trump is opposed to is him not getting a cut of the toll.
Once again the whole world has to suffer because of Trump's insatiable ego and greed, and his bottomless stupidity. May he be gone soon.
Oh good. Nazi pirates. How did we end up with a real life plot more stupid than Water World?
He did previously say that as the "winners" of the war, the US was entitled to collect that toll, basically. So, yeah, I think you're spot on.
This is truly an April Fools-level move.
The US is closing the Strait? The generals couldn't open it, so Hegseth said, 'Okay! I've got it! We declare that WE'RE closing it, NOT THEM!'
How ... is this better?
Iran was allowing some ships through. The logic is that if it’s closed to the US it must be closed to everyone (it was not before).
Do I think this is a good move? No. Do I think Trump and Hegseth have three brain cells between them? No.
But it also isn’t hard to understand their angle here. It’s not better for anyone. But the idea is to make it worse for Iran than the previous phase, where they had control of the strait.
No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas
Does that mean they are gonna attack anyone that paid? Also when he starts charging does that mean they will destroy any ships right after they pay?
What I don't get is how are they going to prove that the ships paid toll? Especially if they are paid in crypto.
Oh, who am I fooling. They'll just harass anything coming through. Or maybe not. Maybe depending on which flag the ship flies.
They'll just stop any ship not coming to or from the US. Just like how ICE abducts everyone who isn't white enough, citizen or not.
Isn't that... piracy? Not USAs waters, not USAs petrol...
Yup
Hasn't stopped them from stealing oil from Venezuela and Cuba
Sure it hasn't. But now they are ruining the pockets of the whole world.
They have been for a while.
Is it my imagination, or is that stretch of water and the water surrounding it not US territory, thus making what he wants to do (interdict) kind of ... piracy?
Blockading is considered an act of war
Wasn't Iran already doing that before and wasn't the main goal to open it up again?
Yeah but if they say it this way it sounds like they're in control of the situation
It's so in a few days he can "re-open" the strait again, declaring that everything is back to normal: "No president ever opened as many straits as I did"
The idea being to choke off Iran's ability to use it at all. This kills their remaining income stream and also incents the Chinese and others who thought they had a workaround (the tolls) to instead put pressure on Iran.
yes, trump is doing 2 things right now, try and pump and dump the markets and continued distraction from epstein files. given how bondi was replaced very quickly BY BLANCHE, and suddenly melania coming out of the woodwork to give a "i did not help diddle kids" speech.
Boy it turns out that George Lucas sure was right about the importance of blockading a trade route
I think he's just pissed off that Iran is letting Chinese ships thorough. So now the question is whether Trump is stupid and deranged enough to attack any Chinese ships that ignore this illegal blockade, which would probably kick off World War 3 in earnest.
Why do that when they can just sell bonds and watch Bessent have a stroke on TV
If it broke out in WW3 then I think most of the world's public support would be behind China. The US has always been a hostile bully but Americans generally kept it contained to poorer countries that didn't have as much of a voice. Now though...
Art of the idiot

What's next: America blowing up its own bases in the Middle East? Killing its own soldiers? Crashing its own planes?
Open the fucking strait you crazy bastard!
Hail Satan!
He cant blockade something controlled by someone else who already shut it.

Lol is that a sea mine XD
(Apologies if you were just making a joke) It's an old but gold comic, and the object is just a device. Like a macguffin.
No i didn't know the origin but it's funny it still looks like a sea mine lol
He wants the money, that Iran wasn't charging before he invaded, for himself is as near I can figure. Master negotiator with a grand plan.

Jesus Christ. I certainly didn't have this on my rapidly flailing bingo card of the US punching itself in the face.
Notorious pirate Captain Jackoff Turkey
This is a terrifyingly ridiculous timeline we find ourselves in.
~~Open~~ Close the STRAIT!
-Trump!