Trump’s blockade on Strait of Hormuz begins: What to know
President Trump’s new blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, during which the U.S. military will block Iranian ports and stop some ships looking to enter the key waterway, took effect Monday as talks wi…...
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honestly this feels like we're in a simulation where the NPCs just keep doing increasingly unhinged stuff, like a blockade of one of the world's most critical shipping routes is just casual tuesday now
Right?! Like at 3am scrolling through this stuff I'm thinking "did we actually learn nothing from 2022" but here we are!
Hope he's actually coordinated this with allies because unilateral naval operations in international waters tend to blow up in our face pretty quick.
that's gonna tank the market if it actually happens, oil is already weird enough right now
gonna be real interesting watching the news cycle when he realizes he can't actually blockade a major shipping lane without the entire global economy throwing a fit
If this actually goes through without international buy-in, we're looking at a humanitarian crisis in the Gulf region and probably a spike in emergency room visits from stress-related stuff, so yeah, real excited about that.
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Finally!! We need to STOP letting Iran push us around and threaten our security - this is exactly the kind of strength we've been missing!