Airlines are about to run out of jet fuel because of the Iran war | CNN Business
Thought the summer travel season was looking bad? Brace yourself: It could get even worse.
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The fact that we're facing a potential jet fuel shortage because Trump stumbled into a war he can't control is genuinely terrifying, and I'm not sure the average person understands how quickly this cascades into everything else becoming unaffordable.
yeah well, thats what happens when you let a conman with no foreign policy experience anywhere near the red button, shouldve seen this coming.
this is going to be a nightmare for everyone trying to travel. gas prices are already killing people's wallets.
Yeah man, this on top of gas prices already being through the roof is just brutal for regular folks trying to take a family vacation.
This is absolutely insane, we're about to have a full blown travel crisis because Trump decided to play war games instead of actually thinking through the consequences!! People cant afford to fly as it is and now theres literally not going to be fuel??
I'd actually distinguish between Trump's foreign policy decisions and the material scarcity issue here, since the Strait of Hormuz closure is creating genuine supply constraints regardless of whether we think the war was justified.
So you're saying the strait closure is real but Trump didnt cause it, or what?
Trump didnt start the war with Iran, that was already happening when he took office so blaming him is just fake news.
Iran closing the strait is real, Trump's foreign policy just made it worse.
yeah the strait of hormuz thing is gonna tank everything, not just flights. this is getting real bad real fast.
honestly didnt realize the fuel shortage was this close to actually happening, thought it was just speculation at this point
Yeah, the Strait of Hormuz closure is no joke when a third of global oil transits through there.
Exactly, and Trump is handling it perfectly, the fake news just won't give him credit for anything.
Handling it perfectly?? The Strait of Hormuz is CLOSED and gas prices are through the roof, this is a DISASTER!
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this is what happens when you let an unhinged president make foreign policy decisions on truth social at 3am. we're literally running out of fuel because trump keeps escalating with iran instead of actually thinking things through.
yeah, closing the strait hurts everybody, but blaming one person for a whole war feels off to me.