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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 12 days ago

‘Worse than Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan Combined’: Donald Trump Faces a Political Crisis Like No Other if Hormuz Isn’t Opened by Labor Day

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‘Worse than Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan Combined’: Donald Trump Faces a Political Crisis Like No Other if Hormuz Isn’t Opened by Labor Day

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 12 days ago
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A former Trump Administration economics adviser made a bold prediction when I spoke to him last week: “If the Strait of Hormuz isn’t opened by Labor Day, Trump will have a political problem worse than Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan combined.” Well, that wasn’t the response I was planning on, that’s for sure. While clearly the […]
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  • dastanktal@lemmy.ml
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    Does he? At this point, unless the people begin to fucking riot, nothing is gonna change In the next few years. US is going to continue going down the shitty path it’s currently on.

    Suppose that’s pretty good for the rest of the world though.

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    What a STUPID Comment! As a Free Thinking Alpha Wolf Republican Trump could LITERALLY RAPE GOD ON TV and I would STILL vote for Him!

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      Big Mac? Like the My Little Pony dude?

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      What has that cod ever done to deserve that?

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    I don’t expect it to be opened for at least A year at this rate.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPM
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      same, and when it does open then it’s going to be under Iranian control and on their terms

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        yup. there is no scenario in which iran does not extract monetary compensation for strategic control over a resource that the US village idiot intends to hang us all with.

        capitalists and rope, man.

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    Good.

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    The article is quite insightful, however I would love to have more meat on the analysis on what’s the exact time frame we have for the negotiation here. Oil supply logistic can’t be switch on and off completely overnight, so that actual deadline for negotiation can be like weeks, months or days away depend on reserves, transportation and production ramp up etc.

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      From what I’ve read, there’s no way to restore shipments in the foreseeable future even if the war ended tomorrow. Just clearing the backlog of current tankers is going to take a whole year. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/23/dow-ceo-says-clearing-the-strait-of-hormuz-logjam-will-take-almost-a-year.html

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