It’s a complete illusion that the US can control this strait. It could destabilize it further if it wishes, but there is no getting a ship through without Iran’s cooperation.
Because Iran has a ton of land along the straight from which they can launch missles, drones, rockets, or even artillery at passing ships. There’s a huge region where they can attack the strait, and the US can’t put hundreds of thousands of troops on that land to hold it all. Therefore Trump cannot declare the strait open, though he can declare the strait closed (this just hurts him most of all).
All his bullshit about floating ships at one end to “gate” the passage, and escorting ships, and shooting down rockets…. It’s complete bluster. Even with the entire US military he cannot guarantee safe passage. And that’s just one of the things he has to do if this war continues. He also has to try to defend our allies in the Gulf and elsewhere.
He doesn’t understand the concept of ‘allies’. I thought this was clear by now.
The US is currently directing the gulf states towards China and Iran as the former has large influence on the latter which claims to attack mainly due to the gulf states being ‘allies’ to the US… which seems to be a worthless titel nowadays.
Trump sees the opportunity to make 20% on everything going through the Strait, and it totally shuts down EVERYTHING else in his brain. That’s now his entire BEING! 20%! That’s REAL money! Arab Sheikh kind of money!
He is mentally ill. He literally can’t resist.
When mobsters visit a local business they also collect payment for protection.
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Alright the worship I want to see travelling through is going to have Donald Trump on it. We’ll see how well protected it is.
Is there really someone who takes this piece of shit seriously?
consider there was a bunch epstein info coming out, he had to do something.
What will happen? They will kill you, that’s what will happen.
It’s not speculations, they did it already: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/15/indian-outrage-over-us-killing-of-sailors-mounts-as-leaders-attend-g7-summit
Good try but the lefts goldfish brain already moved on.
My goldfish braun hasnt.
Well, that depends on if you are an orphan or not.
And that’s how the price of oil and gas went up 30%
Much to Trump’s pleasure.
When Iran started extorting ships for passage through the strait, his first thought was to do the same thing.
In today’s episode of “Cool Story, Bro”:
this very volatile section of the World.
Ah yeah, surely an extortion racket will fix that.
This bear I keep poking with a stick sure is a grumpy asshole, better let me take care of it
