Donald Trump has insisted Iran must “open up the Strait of Trump” and complained about not winning the Nobel Peace Prize in a meandering speech at the Future Investment Initiative Institute summit in Miami, Florida.
“We’re negotiating now, and it’d be great if we could do something, but they have to open it up. They have to open up the Strait of Trump — I mean, Hormuz. Excuse me, I’m so sorry, such a terrible mistake,” Trump said.
“The fake news will say he accidentally said — there’s no accidents with me, not too many. If there were, we’d have a major story,” he added.
“If I don’t get the Nobel Prize for peace, nobody will ever get it. I didn’t get it. I’m not surprised. The person that got it was shocked — she’s a wonderful woman too, by the way,” he said.
This is completely incongruent with reality. Trump has lived his hyper-privileged life speaking the things he wants into existence, and that privilege has now reached its limit.
These are not the words of a sane person.
This is getting bigger by the day.
Fuel shortages in SE Asia. This affects many industries the US gets products from.
China has suspended mineral shipments to the US and restricted fertilizer exports.
Russia is all but openly aiding Iran and likely instigating some of the actions.
Panic buying is happening in South America.
Diesel is over $10/gallon in some places.
Gas prices are hitting record highs in some places in the US.
And these effects are “rubber band” effects. They lag behind the actual impetus driving them.
This is going to get worse. A lot worse. These events are red flags. And if nation groups start taking sides over the conflict we are going to possibly see a far greater war and massive privation globally.
Isn’t the US a net exporter of oil? Why does this cause US gas prices to go up?
You answered your own question.
We export the oil. The oil is bid on via a global market. That market sets the price of oil.
The companies selling oil and gas from the US sources have no loyalty to the US, they’re going to make money however it suits them.
Adding to the other comments that point out opportunity to sell overseas is too tempting.
Also despite being a net exporter, some places are likely to import.
In the southeast, prices have gone up, but not as much as the West Coast. So much logistics to feed the pipelines that would be so tricky to get into ships, that is not worth doing it. So places where boats play a large role in oil logistics, well those places are subject to global market conditions more.
Trump has no Plan B.
Either the rape he planned goes as expected, or he ends up here, impotently raging at the rest of the world.
Did he plan the protests and the murders of protestors too?
The rape victim has once again bitten his little mushroom and now he doesn’t know what to do.
It’s been really awesome having a demented old pedofile child murderer as the most powerful person in the world. Everyday I’m like I can’t wait to see how much worse it can get. We literally could have randomly picked any crackhead in America and they would have been a better president.
Wonder how it feels not having the cards. Did he even say thank you for the shops Iran let through?
Trump is killing the global economy, pulling everyone into a recession. Prices for daily necessities are skyrocketing, and still Trump has 40% approval rating in the US? Like do those fckng idiots like paying more for everyday stuff? What the fck is wrong with them.
Team sports mentality. Trump is “their guy” and however he royally screws up “at least he’s not a Democrat”
Also, a lot of folks said point blank voting for Trump is being a sucker and a fool, and to go against Trump is to admit they got fooled.
Yesterday in an interview I heard the MAGA person was hard core that whatever the government is doing, they secretly have reasons they can’t tell us because spilling the Intel would be so dangerous. Pretty much the same crowd whining about a liberal government keeping secrets from them now celebrates secrets being managed by the conservatives.
The alternative would have been a woman of color and damned if they ever suggest that could have been a better outcome.
Additionally, the racists do still have the Hispanics getting screwed over and afraid. The people who got injured and killed were “obnoxious liberals” that are better gone anyway.
Of course this is also as close as they have seen in decades of federal policies trying to make it harder for poor people and women to vote.
There’s a lot of vile sentiment and being close to that being followed is worth having problems.
The president again boasted he has “stopped eight wars”
It doesn’t really count if you were the one who didn’t start those eight wars.
Personally, I’ve prevented nine cases of underage drinking this week.
I’ve been preventing a multi-state bank robbery spree, basically, since I woke up this morning.
I successfully prevented several dozen indecent exposure incidents this morning when I put on pants
If sundown syndrome had a human avatar that exaggerated the symptoms…
Is this asshole seriously still whining about the Nobel Peace Prize? Didn’t the winner of the prize eventually just give the prize to him?
Tried to. Nobel committee said its non transferable. He might have the shiny medal but on the books it’s still hers.
I wish he’d try to one-up Barack Obama and try to eat the prize and choke on it, believing it will make him smarter.
Well to be fair the medal is probably smarter than he is.
Did he seriously try to name the Strait of Hormuz after himself? By decree?
What a loser.
WTF is the Future Investment Initiative Institute? More Government of Putin supporters filled with BS to steal more from US taxpayers? Anyway, Krasnov is begging to talk to the Iranians, because he is running out precision guided weapons, his piss poor plan is failing and he knows his next step is a ground war, which will test the US public.
Y’know what, I say we let him have this one. Let him plaster his name all over this giant horrible pointless mess. He owns it. The Strait of Trump. Fuck it.
Team dementia Don the postmodern pedophile narcissist crashing out again.
