Trump repeats his admission that he had “no choice” but to cave to the Iranian blackmail

[kyzr]

And the same or similar was said when Russia/Ukraine war escalated in 2022, at least about the availability and costs of fertilizers. Which then impacted crops and livestock feed, that cattle ranchers had to cull many of their herds.......which drove up the cost of beef because it can take 4 to 6 years or more to recover the herds and supply the market.

Actually is was drought that caused the reduction of beef herds, we are still working thru that.
But you are correct about global fertilizer shortages affecting the availability and price of crops.

IOW, regardless of who is in office by 28, the cost and availability of food supply will go up even further

We should be well past the Hormuz strait being closed by the end of 2026, oil and gas and fertilizer should be much cheaper in 2028.

 

[kyzr]

So if I'm the idiot, then atleast answer the question instead of name calling, heh?
What does the US need Iran for? If we can get the same or similar from elsewhere??

The answer is the US doesn't need Iran for anything, but we do need Hormuz to be open.

 

[Matted Joybeard]

Not an answer. Here is your post again:

"But the US is not dependent on Iran for anything" is the same level of costly ignorance Trump and admin possess.

So what is the US dependent on Iran for?

The fact that, according to Trump himself, we are four weeks out from 'bedlam' - Trump's words in terms of economic fallout and running out of oil because everyone is draining reserves to keep prices down because Iran controls the straight clearly plainly shows that yes, in an interconnected world with global markets, the US depends on Iran.

You know this, right? You do.

 

[JustAnotherNut]

Actually is was drought that caused the reduction of beef herds, we are still working thru that.
But you are correct about global fertilizer shortages affecting the availability and price of crops.

We should be well past the Hormuz strait being closed by the end of 2026, oil and gas and fertilizer should be much cheaper in 2028.

Or until the next disaster right around the corner derails it even further...

 

[JustAnotherNut]

The fact that, according to Trump himself, we are four weeks out from 'bedlam' - Trump's words in terms of economic fallout and running out of oil because everyone is draining reserves to keep prices down because Iran controls the straight clearly plainly shows that yes, in an interconnected world with global markets, the US depends on Iran.

You know this, right? You do.

We (and the world) are always one disaster away from some kind of collapse

 

[cnm]

Which makes no sense either. Where was the other global leaders in all this??? Both in the fight and in the peace deal??

They've learned deals with Chump mean nothing. They didn't start a fight with Iran.

 

[kyzr]

The fact that, according to Trump himself, we are four weeks out from 'bedlam' - Trump's words in terms of economic fallout and running out of oil because everyone is draining reserves to keep prices down because Iran controls the straight clearly plainly shows that yes, in an interconnected world with global markets, the US depends on Iran. You know this, right? You do.

The math is that 17% of the global oil supply flows thru Hormuz, of that, ~4% is Iranian oil, so we don't need anything from Iran except for them not to close Hormuz.

 

[toobfreak]

Trump repeats his admission that he had “no choice” but to cave to the Iranian blackmail​

Nowhere in the video do I hear Trump ever say he had "no choice," nor is any "blackmail" ever mentioned. But I agree on the confusion that first, we had these people destroyed in days, then it became a waiting game for two-three months with unlimited time where Trump was in "no hurry," to now it being a matter of settling this thing now for the good of all because oil reserves in many countries are getting squeezed.

We can conjecture as to why or what has changed but the bottom line is that if we come out of this with Iran having no nukes, getting oil flowing again, the very limited casualties and damage we have now and more stability and peace in the ME, I will only be left wondering why all of this had to happen NOW, and why did it become OUR problem, expense and responsibility to deal with and no one else's?

 

[Roudy]

Trump has no uranium from Iran in his possession; it is in Iran.

Duh, no kidding dumbass. Of course it is in Iran…buried deep underneath the rubble of a mountain of granite, after a US F-35 dropped a MOAB on it!

 

[Zincwarrior]

What a shitstorm. It continues.

 

[Roudy]

The answer is the US doesn't need Iran for anything, but we do need Hormuz to be open.

We don’t even need Hormuz as much as the Europeans, Chinese and Indians do.

 

[Roudy]

They've learned deals with Chump mean nothing. They didn't start a fight with Iran.

Actually it’s the opposite, deals with Islamic terrorist Nazis don’t mean anything.

 

[Zincwarrior]

We don’t even need Hormuz as much as the Europeans, Chinese and Indians do.

True, however they did not **** it up. Trump did.

 

[Roudy]

But he won the war how many months ago.

And the MAGA crowd will still be unable to see it for what it is. Even Marathon Mike went from "this is a really bad deal" to "well, Trump will do something in two month, bomb them to kingdom come" or some wet dream of theirs like that.

We basically won the war on the first day when the grand ayatollah and 40 of his followers were sent to hell. Anything that followed after that was just icing on the cake.

 

[eagle1462010]

True, however they did not **** it up. Trump did.

Iran 47 years had nothing to do with it.

 

[Roudy]

True, however they did not **** it up. Trump did.

Trump choked the Mullahs and Iran’s economy by enforcing a blockade, they caved in when Trump threatened to invade and take over Kharg Island. That option is still on the table.

 

[WorldWatcher]

Duh, no kidding dumbass. Of course it is in Iran…buried deep underneath the rubble of a mountain of granite, after a US F-35 dropped a MOAB on it!

Interesting…

Calling someone a dumbass, yet the F-35’s can’t carry MOABs.

WW

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Duh, no kidding dumbass. Of course it is in Iran…buried deep underneath the rubble of a mountain of granite, after a US F-35 dropped a MOAB on it!

The F-35 does not carry a MOAB and none were dropped.

The nuclear facilities were bombed with an MOP from a B-2.

 

[Roudy]

True, however they did not **** it up. Trump did.

Trump didn’t Phuck anything up, he was the first president that had the balls and wisdom to confront this Iranian Mullah cancer to the world.

 

[Roudy]

The F-35 does not carry a MOAB and none were dropped.

The nuclear facilities were bombed with an MOP from a B-2.

Okay whatever. Who cares what he did it with.