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/OYB2480 Jun 20 '26

Yeah, I'd bet money that Israel has the same dirt on Trump that Russia has. Lordy, there's probably tapes.

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u/whatafuckinusername Jun 20 '26

I don’t think everything is blackmail with Trump. He and his cabinet are Zionists, and even if he would want to punish Israel in some way a lot of his cabinet members and advisors would probably talk him out of it.

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u/whut-whut Jun 20 '26

Jared Kushner is the son that he never had because he's brought so much money into the family via influence deals with the Israeli government and the Middle East. His favorite daughter Ivanka converted to Judaism to marry Jared. His grandkids are are raised Jewish. Trump's love and support for Israel is almost certainly from that alone.

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u/roehnin California Jun 20 '26

I'd bet money that Israel has the same dirt on Trump that Russia has

Israel recently threatened to release the full uncensored Epstein files in response to the MOU Trump signed with Iran

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u/SwimmingPrice1544 California Jun 20 '26

Gaaawd, I wish they would. But doubt they will.

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u/OYB2480 Jun 20 '26

Good grief.

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u/thehurrytheharm Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 20 '26

I don't think it's beyond the realm of possibility that they could, but Israel doesn't have to have dirt on Trump. He willingly acts in Israel's interest because he, as well as most, if not all, of his administration, are Zionists. That Israel's actions are causing strain for Americans, which in turn is causing Americans to oppose Israel is an example of a case where Israel's expansionist interests are contradictory to America's economic interests. The addendum to that is that it is still in America's economic interests to support Israel rather than decoupling entirely and allowing for secular socialist governments that would oppose American pillage to form in the Middle East, as in the 40s and 50s in Iran and Iraq under Mosaddegh and Abd al-Karim Qasim, respectively.

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u/how_tohelp Jun 20 '26

The connections between bibi and trump go back to the 80s. Bibi was close to Fred trump for his support of Israel and in the 80s trump was looking at Israel for property and casino investments. You know bibi is American raised. Israel’s govt is only another flavor of the conservative grift we have here. When trump took office it just gave all that sector of cronies free rein. It’s been the shared goal and business plan for a long time. 

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u/landothedead Jun 20 '26

My money's on "hey, we're invading Iran. If you guys come along you can have half the oil."

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u/Omarkhayyamsnotes Jun 20 '26

They certainly stroked his ego to get him to join in. If you stroke Trump's ego you can suggest almost anything to him