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Trump mulls 'winding down' war and leaving Strait of Hormuz crisis to 'other nations' (news.sky.com)

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He says other nations will have to guard and police the Strait of Hormuz as necessary, after his attacks on the country prompted Iran to target vessels in the crucial world shipping lane. Mark Stone analyses the Truth Social post.

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[-] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 97 points 2 months ago

Thats your MO. Come in, shit all over everything, ruin people's lives, and leave. Please leave this plane of existence immediately.

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 2 months ago

If only the other nations would hold us responsible. They should be placing sanctions on is like those that were on Russia. Then it would actually make some Republicans non maga, start to move away from maga

[-] Pricklesthemagicfish@reddthat.com 13 points 2 months ago

I hate to say I agree with you. The only way to teach this generation in power is spanking. They only understand pain then fear it

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[-] ramble81@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Pigeon management: Fly in, shit on everything, strut around like you’re the best and then fly away without a care.

[-] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 10 points 2 months ago

Seagull management is the name

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seagull_management

The one you're referring to is playing chess with a pigeon.

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/11427530-arguing-with-idiots-is-like-playing-chess-with-a-pigeon

But both are applicable

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[-] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 49 points 2 months ago

[-] minorkeys@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months ago

So running away and leaving the mess for his victims to clean up. Much like he probably did to the children he raped.

[-] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months ago

Comes in, shits the room and leaves.

[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

for you it was the Straight of Hormuz. But, for me, it was a Tuesday.

-- Donnie "shits-his-pants" Trump

[-] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 36 points 2 months ago

America: I've had enough.

Iran: I didn't hear no bell.

They have no reason to start letting US ships through the strait and America has no ability to stop them.

[-] zeejoo@thelemmy.club 11 points 2 months ago

Well according to Chief Cheeto, that doesn't matter because the USA "doesn't use it" 🤦‍♂️

[-] GalacticSushi@piefed.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 months ago

Ignore the $4/gal sign at your nearest gas station.

[-] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 5 points 2 months ago

America is a net exporter of oil, Trump could limit the export of oil or make a deal with Venezuela or reduce domestic demand by investing in mass transit and renewables, but any of those would be as bizarre as expecting Richard Nixon to make a trade deal with communist china.

[-] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

A whole new transit network is not going to be there in time for the midterms. Venezuela's oil industry isn't what it used to be, and the US is a net exporter anyway, like you said.

Banning export might actually cure the symptom. The costs would not be zero either, though.

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[-] marcos@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

The nationality of the ships isn't important.

Anyway, Iran won't keep antagonizing the entire world if their existence isn't at risk. They haven't been acting like crazy.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 7 points 2 months ago

The nationality of the ships isn't important.

It is; Iranian, Indian and Chinese shipping, among others, is being allowed through the straits. Also you're right, but as long as America gets to just bomb them at any moment their existence is at risk, so they'll want some kind of guarantee this won't happen again.

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[-] mcv@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

Nationality matters. Didn't India negotiate passage for their ships? I can imagine Iran will happily let ships through from countries that cut ties with the US. Don't host US bases, don't use dollars to pay for oil. That sort of thing.

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[-] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Well, Iran has goals, but just ruining the world isn't one of them. Probably they'll charge fees and let traffic through selectively.

Negotiating an official solution to reopening it with other regional nations it is also a possibility. They can always shut it again if the US comes back.

[-] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 30 points 2 months ago

[-] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

I mean I wanna upvote but this has my AI sensor sus.

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[-] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

Vietnam speedrun any%

It did achieve the intended distraction from Trump's Epstein issues quite well though, they've been off the press radar since this began.

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[-] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I started the war, you all finish it! Thank you for your attention to the matter!

🫲🍊🫱

[-] metermatic26@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Trump expects the world to go to war with Iran. What will actually happen is that the world will re-establish diplomacy with Iran and offer sanctions relief to end the blockade.

Without war reparations, American ships will forever be barred from sailing the strait, and Gulf states will likely start distancing themselves from the US and re-assess hosting American bases and troops.

Trump’s victory looks an awful lot like a strategic defeat that sees the US pull out of the Middle East and leave Iran in a more powerful position then before.

[-] SolarMyth@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago

It also undermines the entire petrodollar/Bretton Woods system that gives the almighty US dollar its power. This will be a big win for China, when countries start trading in their USD for Yuan buy oil.

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[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 months ago

Trump mulls all sorts of stuff. Invading Greenland and Canada come to mind, as do hamberders and cofefe.

[-] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

*covfefe

[-] rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 months ago

The servants will clean up the bed I shat.

[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 months ago

"Someone else shat in my bed, good thing I have servants to clean it up."

He'd never take responsibility.

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[-] Stern@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

Didn't think TACO even applied to military action, learn something new every day I guess.

[-] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 months ago

i'd rather have him chicken out than continue a pointless war though

[-] dantel@programming.dev 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Look at that, Trump is about to end another war. That's another FIFA peace prize right there.

[-] Naevermix@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

Trump wont be happy when the "other nations" solve the problem by simply making deals with Iran

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[-] fun_times@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Imagine if Iran had allied with ISIS, killed the US President and bombed several US schools, then a couple of weeks later Iran's leader goes "anyway, we are winding down this war. It is someone else's problem now."

That's not how war works.

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[-] ChristerMLB@piefed.social 13 points 2 months ago

America doesn't lose wars, it loses interest

[-] bearboiblake@pawb.social 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

So that means he is gonna attack Kharg Island, doesn't it? Or launch a ground invasion elsewhere in Iran?

He likes to do this stupid transparent 4D chess stuff to try and keep people off balance

[-] KnitWit@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

I’m sure you can just watch the betting sites, going to be some random 3 million dollar bet two hours before it happens and that’ll be junior cashing in.

[-] bearboiblake@pawb.social 5 points 2 months ago

It's not your fault but I hate that you're right. We live in the fucking torment nexus timeline.

[-] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

He says other nations will have to guard and police the Strait of Hormuz as necessary, after his attacks on the country prompted Iran to target vessels in the crucial world shipping lane.

Yeah that's why nobody wanted to touch this mess with a 10 ft pole.

[-] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

He's done what he wanted. Epstein is permanently out of the news.

[-] IEatDaFeesh@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

And at the same time he deployed a fuck load more marines to Karg.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 7 points 2 months ago

he calls them suckers and losers, he wants them to soak up the ammunition from iran.

[-] fodor@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 months ago

Oh Sky, Sky, Sky. Don't bullshit the world when everyone knows you're doing it. Trump fantasizes about all kinds of things, and realistically there's zero chance he'll just pull out. Rule #1 of Mr. Orange is to maximize corruption, and ending wars minimizes that.

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[-] Avicenna@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago

"I messed this place up, hey you clean it up", classic college bully mentality

[-] CubitOom@infosec.pub 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's not the Strait of Hormuz crisis, it's Trump's Middle East Epstein Distraction War. Not to be confused with Trump's South American Epstein Distraction War.

[-] Amberskin@europe.pub 5 points 2 months ago

Retreating. The word he is looking for is ‘retreat’. Also known sometimes as ‘surrender’.

[-] The_Almighty_Walrus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

If farting and leaving the room was a president

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[-] marcos@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Yeah, quitting and going away is the best he can do. If he does that, other countries will work down some way to fix things.

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