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Trump Completely Fails To Get Support To Open Hormuz Strait
3 days ago
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crm8g938erdo
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/.....rait-of-hormuz
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026.....ilitary-action
The Hormuz Strait has long been known to be a choke point completely under Iran's control. It's hard to know what Trump is thinking here. This is just another sign of how he doesn't know WTF he's doing.
Trump has called on NATO allies and affected Asian countries to assist in opening the strait, threatening that it would be "very bad" for the future of NATO if members did not help get the critical waterway open and that he could also delay his summit with China’s President Xi Jinping. “It’s only appropriate that people who are the beneficiaries of the strait will help to make sure that nothing bad happens there." NATO has no responsibility to help with this, because no NATO member was attacked.
Trump has said the US will keep bombing the shoreline and Iranian vessels to "soon get the Hormuz Strait OPEN, SAFE, and FREE!" but has also called on other countries to send warships.
"Hopefully China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK, and others, that are affected by this artificial constraint, will send Ships to the area so that the Hormuz Strait will no longer be a threat by a Nation that has been totally decapitated."
-China is an ally of Iran, and is in negotiations to alllow shiipments of petroleum products through the Hormuz Strait. I doubt they'd want to fuck those up by cooperating with the US.
"I'm demanding that these countries come in and protect their own territory, because it is their own territory," Trump said about the strait, claiming the shipping channel is not something the United States needs because of its own access to oil. Trump spoke while answering reporters' questions as he flew back to Washington from Florida aboard Air Force One.
Trump said China gets about 90% of its oil from the strait, while the U.S. gets a minimal amount. He declined to discuss whether China will join the coalition.
"It would be nice to have other countries police that with us, and we'll help. We'll work with them."
“Numerous countries have told me they’re on the way. Some are very enthusiastic about it, and some aren’t,” Trump said.
When subsequently asked which countries had pledged to join, Trump responded “I’d rather not say yet”, adding that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio would be making an official announcement.
“They’ve already started to – it takes a little while to get there,” Trump said. “In some cases, you have to travel an ocean. So doesn’t go that fast, but it’ll go fast. And we have some that are fairly local that are doing it.”
-This appears to be wishful thinking.
Trump also said that we don't really need anyone to help us do this, but that he "Found it interesting" to see who would come to our aid.
Newt Gingrich, ever the reasonable one, has advovated nuking the Hormuz Strait to widen it.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich recently shared a proposal suggesting that the U.S. should detonate nuclear weapons in the Strait of Hormuz. Gingrich suggested that "A dozen thermonuclear detonations" could create a new, wider channel through the region, ostensibly to reopen the shipping route.
-Not so sure ol' Newt is still right in the head.
No one is biting on this, no matter how affected they are, because they put the blame for this on Trump, and realize how futile it is to try to get out of this through any way but negotiating with Iran. They seem to be applyng the "Pottery Barn Rule": "You broke it, you bought it".
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/.....rait-of-hormuz
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026.....ilitary-action
The Hormuz Strait has long been known to be a choke point completely under Iran's control. It's hard to know what Trump is thinking here. This is just another sign of how he doesn't know WTF he's doing.
Trump has called on NATO allies and affected Asian countries to assist in opening the strait, threatening that it would be "very bad" for the future of NATO if members did not help get the critical waterway open and that he could also delay his summit with China’s President Xi Jinping. “It’s only appropriate that people who are the beneficiaries of the strait will help to make sure that nothing bad happens there." NATO has no responsibility to help with this, because no NATO member was attacked.
Trump has said the US will keep bombing the shoreline and Iranian vessels to "soon get the Hormuz Strait OPEN, SAFE, and FREE!" but has also called on other countries to send warships.
"Hopefully China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK, and others, that are affected by this artificial constraint, will send Ships to the area so that the Hormuz Strait will no longer be a threat by a Nation that has been totally decapitated."
-China is an ally of Iran, and is in negotiations to alllow shiipments of petroleum products through the Hormuz Strait. I doubt they'd want to fuck those up by cooperating with the US.
"I'm demanding that these countries come in and protect their own territory, because it is their own territory," Trump said about the strait, claiming the shipping channel is not something the United States needs because of its own access to oil. Trump spoke while answering reporters' questions as he flew back to Washington from Florida aboard Air Force One.
Trump said China gets about 90% of its oil from the strait, while the U.S. gets a minimal amount. He declined to discuss whether China will join the coalition.
"It would be nice to have other countries police that with us, and we'll help. We'll work with them."
“Numerous countries have told me they’re on the way. Some are very enthusiastic about it, and some aren’t,” Trump said.
When subsequently asked which countries had pledged to join, Trump responded “I’d rather not say yet”, adding that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio would be making an official announcement.
“They’ve already started to – it takes a little while to get there,” Trump said. “In some cases, you have to travel an ocean. So doesn’t go that fast, but it’ll go fast. And we have some that are fairly local that are doing it.”
-This appears to be wishful thinking.
Trump also said that we don't really need anyone to help us do this, but that he "Found it interesting" to see who would come to our aid.
Newt Gingrich, ever the reasonable one, has advovated nuking the Hormuz Strait to widen it.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich recently shared a proposal suggesting that the U.S. should detonate nuclear weapons in the Strait of Hormuz. Gingrich suggested that "A dozen thermonuclear detonations" could create a new, wider channel through the region, ostensibly to reopen the shipping route.
-Not so sure ol' Newt is still right in the head.
No one is biting on this, no matter how affected they are, because they put the blame for this on Trump, and realize how futile it is to try to get out of this through any way but negotiating with Iran. They seem to be applyng the "Pottery Barn Rule": "You broke it, you bought it".
* He's total fucked Americas rep in the world
* He's fucked Ukrane over petty reaons and being Putin's bitch boi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuNX_0QRgz8
I seriously think Lord Alan Sugar, the host of The U.K. version of The Apprentice would not mince words to Mr Trump about this war. Seriously.
This just shows how effective assymetrical warfare can be.
I believe that Drumpf is already desperately searching for a way out, at which point, no matter what, then declare a victory.
I hadn't heard of Joe Kent's resignation yet.
Dumbass bully realizes that bullying allies 24/7 will make them reluctant to help
Also, Joe Kent resigned
I've since heard that he's no angel, and basically a Nazi, which is really saying something.