Strait of Hormuz closed again

[Mac1958]

Trump is an idiot.

He went into this war not understand what was happening around him, he didn't bother to understand what Israel wanted from this, or what Israel would do. He didn't understand the Straight of Hormuz, he didn't understand any of it.

That's one of the amazing (but not surprising) parts of this.

It's clear that he absolutely zero (0) understanding of the Middle East, zero (0) understanding of its dynamics, and zero (0) understanding of its history. He's treating it like anyone else he can mindlessly bully and intimidate.

Which, of course, is the case with virtually every other issue. He just craps on it and expects it to become better. He's an ignorant, petulant child, and he's being enabled.

 

[frigidweirdo]

That's one of the amazing (but not surprising) parts of this.

It's clear that he absolutely zero (0) understanding of the Middle East, zero (0) understanding of its dynamics, and zero (0) understanding of its history. He's treating it like anyone else he can mindlessly bully and intimidate.

Which, of course, is the case with virtually every other issue. He just craps on it and expects it to become better. He's an ignorant, petulant child, and he's being enabled.

It's like he took what he knew from the business world, and decided politics was exactly the same and everything that worked some of the time in the business world would suddenly work 100% of the time in politics.

And it seems to work about 0% of the time. How much money has Trump cost the country?

 

[Mac1958]

It's like he took what he knew from the business world, and decided politics was exactly the same and everything that worked some of the time in the business world would suddenly work 100% of the time in politics.

And it seems to work about 0% of the time. How much money has Trump cost the country?

I think that's exactly what he did. He's entirely one dimensional, and is treating the country like it's the NYC commercial real estate market. That includes lying, cheating, intimidating and stabbing people in the back.

This is all he knows. He has zero intelligence or skills for anything else. And he may have cost us our goddamn soul.

 

[frigidweirdo]

Why are you and all your fellow leftis so unable to grasp that Iran can’t close the Strait?

It’s funny how blind, ignorant and yet biased you can be.

Can't they? How much oil has flowed out through the Straight of Hormuz Since the end of February?

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Take a look at that chart.

Something like 95% less oil going through the straight than before he started his ridiculous war.

It's fun that you didn't post any evidence. Just "liberals + insult" and "Why can't you grasp this thing?"

The straight was not 100% closed, but it was closed. It's like closing a door and seeing how much wind gets through. The door's still closed if a little bit of wind gets in, isn't it?

 

[frigidweirdo]

I think that's exactly what he did. He's entirely one dimensional, and is treating the country like it's the NYC commercial real estate market. That includes lying, cheating, intimidating and stabbing people in the back.

This is all he knows. He has zero intelligence or skills for anything else. And he may have cost us our goddamn soul.

It's funny when you read about how dictators function, playing their high level people off each other, so they're fighting each other, and not fighting the dictator.

And that's how Trump operates.

Tell MAGA that Trump thinks he'd like to be a dictator and provide the proof and the same result every time "he's just joking or trolling".

 

[Mac1958]

It's funny when you read about how dictators function, playing their high level people off each other, so they're fighting each other, and not fighting the dictator.

And that's how Trump operates.

Tell MAGA that Trump thinks he'd like to be a dictator and provide the proof and the same result every time "he's just joking or trolling".

The flock is ignorant and desperate. World history shows us that's a dangerous combination.

And his congressional enablers just stand back, keeping criticisms to a minimum.

As I've said before, we'll never have to ask "how could they have let this happen?" again.

 

[frigidweirdo]

The flock is ignorant and desperate. World history shows us that's a dangerous combination.

And his congressional enablers just stand back, keeping criticisms to a minimum.

As I've said before, we'll never have to ask "how could they have let this happen?" again.

No, we know how this happens, we know the psychology behind it. So does Trump. And that's how he manipulates so easily.

 

[Mac1958]

No, we know how this happens, we know the psychology behind it. So does Trump. And that's how he manipulates so easily.

Do you think this is something people like this specifically do as strategy, do they have some kind of innate, reptilian sense to do it, or is it just all they know and it's just a perfect storm?

 

[frigidweirdo]

Do you think this is something people like this specifically do as strategy, do they have some kind of innate, reptilian sense to do it, or is it just all they know and it's just a perfect storm?

It's hard to know whether they've learned through trial and error, always had it in them, or whether they've actually studied this.

Trump isn't stupid. Lazy, yes. But learning about Hitler is something every kids gets to a certain degree in the US and Europe. Some will look at Hitler and say he's bad. Others will look and be inspired. But not just Hitler, Trump has spoken about Xi and Putin, he's got evidence from the last 26 years of how to do this.

 

[Mac1958]

It's hard to know whether they've learned through trial and error, always had it in them, or whether they've actually studied this.

Trump isn't stupid. Lazy, yes. But learning about Hitler is something every kids gets to a certain degree in the US and Europe. Some will look at Hitler and say he's bad. Others will look and be inspired. But not just Hitler, Trump has spoken about Xi and Putin, he's got evidence from the last 26 years of how to do this.

He definitely does have an attraction to people who "rule with an iron fist", as he himself has said about Xi.

But the strories told by those who worked for him in his first season term are clearly true: He's clearly untintelligent, poorly informed and undisciplined. The despots of the past and present were far more personally equipped than he is.

 

[rightwinger]

Why are you and all your fellow leftis so unable to grasp that Iran can’t close the Strait?

It’s funny how blind, ignorant and yet biased you can be.

Where ya been?

Iran DID close the Strait

 

[rightwinger]

It's like he took what he knew from the business world, and decided politics was exactly the same and everything that worked some of the time in the business world would suddenly work 100% of the time in politics.

And it seems to work about 0% of the time. How much money has Trump cost the country?

One of his biggest faults is he does not get along well with other people.
He looks at our military and uses them to bully others.
He just doesn’t understand the limits of military power