This is so fucking juvenile. “You can’t block the strait; we will!” Solving, exactly, what economic problem?
I swear, the junta is just day-trading oil via tweet.
Donald Trump has said the US will begin blockading the strait of Hormuz in an attempt to take control of the strategic waterway from Iran in the aftermath of failed peace negotiations between the countries in Pakistan.
The US president also threatened to bomb Iran’s water treatment facilities, power plants and bridges if Tehran did not agree to abandon its nuclear weapons programme, the key sticking point between the two sides.
Trump’s surprise announcement of a blockade came after face-to-face peace negotiations between the US and Iran in Islamabad that lasted 21 hours collapsed on Sunday morning.
Distracting from the Epstein files.
As depressing as it may be, I think his base cares more about filling up their pavement princess pickups than they do about the Epstein files. So that seems like a really stupid move from him in such a case.
It’s now $100 to fill my tank, up from $60 in February. I’ve got a huge, inefficient diesel van, but in my defense, it’s also my home.
The folks that get an F350 to tootle around town after getting it lifted just confuse me. If you have that much money to spare, you’re on the upper part of the K-shaped economy.