• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    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.

  • Akasazh@lemmy.world
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    Let’s see what happens when a 'protected’ship is damaged.

    It’s international shipping going to risk having to sue Trump for damage received, or will they just not go?

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        I’m pretty sure no insurer would cover you if you went through the straight of Hormuz based on Donnie’s promises.

        And I’m absolutely sure Donnie won’t cover the costs himself.

  • fox2263@lemmy.world
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    We have put a door in front of their door and theirs is closed but ours is open so theirs is open because we closed it

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    13 小时前

    When mobsters visit a local business they also collect payment for protection.

  • Pyr@lemmy.ca
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    Even if this were actually going to happen, what is he doing? Renting out the US Navy for profit?

    Sure maybe a few servicemen may die but at least America will get some money!

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      I mean, it’s a part of government that hasn’t been privatized. Imagine if the Armed Forces turned a profit and had a market mandate? Works really well for the prison system! /s

  • scarabic@lemmy.world
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    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.

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      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.

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    18 小时前

    Setting aside the many other things wrong with this, 20% the value of the cargo is just stupid. Most of it doesn’t have that much profit margin in the first place. I know it’s a number straight out of his ass, but damn, the stupid…

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    This dumb motherfucker thinks he can somehow do a protection racket on the entire rest of the world. Fucking moron.

    Iran already closed the strait when the ceasefire was broken.