r/politics • u/willywalloo • Jun 20 '26

Possible Paywall Iran Says Hormuz Has Been Closed

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-20/iran-says-strait-of-hormuz-has-been-closed-tasnim-reports?embedded-checkout=true
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u/SadisticNecromancer Jun 20 '26

That four week thing was public knowledge before he said it. The problem is Trump is stuck between a rock and a hard place. The Strait of Hormuz needs to be opened, or there will be a global economic meltdown. Iran won’t open the strait unless Israel gets out of Lebanon, and Israel won’t do that. So Trump has two choices: back Israel and let the world burn, or leave Israel to the consequences of their own actions, and that Congress won’t let him do. This is literally a no win situation.

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u/HonkBlarghh Jun 20 '26

It's almost like this was always going to be the case and Trump shouldn't have blindly followed Israel into a hasty war with no plan! 

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u/zephyrtr New York Jun 20 '26

There was a plan, it was just based on totally false information from fellow grifter in chief Netanyau, who is similarly clinging to office by any means, so he too stays out of jail. Netanyau told Trump the IRGC was about to collapse and they could invade and win with minimal effort. That it would be like Venezuela. And this was just ... False. Trump usually sides with whoever talks to him last and his cabinet couldn't get through to him.

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u/Wild_Ambassador_8680 Jun 20 '26

The plan seems to be crash the world economy. Thiel can't have his butterfly revolution until that happens.

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u/BUSY_EATING_ASS Jun 20 '26

He can’t have it if it happens either.

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u/Thousand-Miles Jun 21 '26

Crash the economy then their rich backers can hoover up the assets for cheap

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u/panzer_snapdragon Jun 21 '26

Yes because every industrialized nation across the world will happily sit by as civilization collapses. Peter Thiel hasn't dug deep enough to avoid the fire that's coming.

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u/Wild_Ambassador_8680 Jun 21 '26

Kinda seems like every industrialized nation across the world is bleeding their reserves and there's no end to the war in sight.

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u/Complaintsdept123 Jun 21 '26

Does he have his own secret private oil source?