I wish he'd just fucking die
Republicans could remove him… they still support the child rapist
Taco like always, then kick it in December.
"I can't open the strait of hormuz, so I'll pretend I'm the one who wanted it closed". Moron.
I assume he’s going to stop Iran from selectively letting ships through, but that sounds like he’s going after foreign countries neutral/allied with Iran, which would be an escalation.
The real reason is that he's not happy that the countries he told to "open the strait themselves", started making deals with Iran to allow them through., whereas he was hoping they would join his illegal war.
So now he's gonna blockade it FOR EVERYONE, because that's the kind of piece of shit scumbag he is. If the US isn't allowed through, no one is, unless you give Trump a bribe prize too.
FUCKING DIE ALREADY.
In this case let his crypto firm get some of that bitcoin toll money Iran is collecting
Trump: OPEN THE FUCKING STRAIT YOU CRAZY BASTARDS!
also Trump: Were gonna close the strait by blocking it.
Blockade the strait you want unblockaded. What a stroke of genius.
A stroke of the stable genius would be a step up
Kindergarten shit, tbh. That is a president btw
He really is the dumbest man in earth.
This is an ongoing stock market pump and dump. There cannot be any other explanation.
He was annoyed that Iran might make money from charging ships to pass through. So he made sure they can't. In the process he gets himself into a trap he can't get out of, but he is unable to think that far ahead.
It's possible he also wants to be paid for letting ships pass, but who would pay him for that when Iran will stop the ships anyway? He might pretend the USA can give them safe passage, but the USA's inability to win militarily has already shown the world that it can't.
So the world's economy gets tanked and more people everywhere suffer and starve. Maybe he thinks this will pressure the USA's "allies" to come and help the USA fight Iran, but who would help a country that demonstrates upfront that it's this willing to fuck you over?
he gets himself into a trap he can’t get out of, but he is unable to think that far ahead
That describes this whole war so far.
He's just saying that to look like he's in charge.
Okay dumass 👍
It’s even more darkly hilarious, because the Strait was opening, after a fashion, but the US was getting nothing out of it, and everyone was doing their best to just steer clear of any US connection at all. But being pointedly cut out of a deal made orangeboi BIG MAD. So uh… we’ll see what the rest of the world does now that we’re functionally blockading most of it .
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