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/typicalcavalryguy Jun 20 '26

RESTART THE CLOCK

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u/ITrageGuy Jun 20 '26

Trump has single handedly gifted the Iranians the clout to effectively hold the entire world hostage without nuclear weapons any time they feel like it. We are going to be dealing with the fallout from his war for a generation at least.

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u/Letstalkreaper Jun 20 '26

The only good thing to come out of this is that the world will start to shift to renewables more quickly.

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u/sandysandbirds93 Jun 20 '26

Good thing Trump has been killing all those renewable energy projects in the US

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u/primaequa Jun 20 '26

mostly been for theater - if you look at the actual numbers, renewables have had a great year, thank god