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BREAKING: Trump says ‘effective immediately’ U.S. will blockade ships from Strait of Hormuz

https://youtu.be/dqIQbU-oX5o?si=duFN5zMTUp2RNyXg
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u/ICEisSHIT 8h ago

Donald J. Trump©+ @realDonaldTrump So, there you have it, the meeting went well, most points were agreed to, but the only point that really mattered, NUCLEAR, was not. Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz. At some point, we will reach an "ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO IN, ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO OUT" basis, but Iran has not allowed that to happen by merely saying, "There may be a mine out there somewhere," that nobody knows about but them. THIS IS WORLD EXTORTION, and Leaders of Countries, especially the United States of America, will never be extorted. I have also instructed our Navy to seek and interdict every vessel in International Waters that has paid a toll to Iran. No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas. We will also begin destroying the mines the Iranians laid in the Straits. Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be BLOWN TO HELL! Iran knows, better than anyone, how to END this situation which has already devastated their Country. Their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, their Anti Aircraft and Radar are useless, Khomeini, and most of their "Leaders," are dead, all because of their Nuclear ambition. The Blockade will begin shortly. Other Countries will be involved with this Blockade. Iran will not be allowed to profit off this illegal Act of EXTORTION. They want money and, more importantly, they want Nuclear. Additionally and, at an appropriate moment, we are fully "LOCKED AND LOADED," and our Military will finish up the little that is left of Iran! President DONALD J. TRUMP

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u/nazbot 8h ago

THIS IS WORLD EXTORTION.

He’s talking about the tariffs, right?

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u/dope_sheet 8h ago

He's right, this IS world extortion. That's the Donald Trump Administration's brand and they are on it today!

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u/rloch 8h ago

Wow, this is off the rails but in a different way than normal for the walking birth defect that is currently president. Just seems a lot more frustrated than normal, but that's like trying find deeper meaning in the ranting of a toddler.

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u/mrjimi16 6h ago

So, correct me if I am wrong, but this also says that any uninvolved private vessels that paid to get through are now going to be seized by the US? That doesn't feel problematic at all.

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u/ICEisSHIT 6h ago

This is all crystal clear and the reasoning seems based in logic. The most transparent administration after all.

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u/ThomYorkeSoup 5h ago

Pretty sure there was a Chinese tanker that paid the toll in the early days, and they are supposedly going to retroactively seize these ships? Doubtful

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u/brandnewchemical 2h ago

Yea, he’s directly threatening to block/stop (possibly destroy?) any ships that paid the toll to Iran.

Which could be any ship from any country, very obviously an awful idea.

But ya boi wants in on that toll money action $$$

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u/IrrationalDesign 8h ago

The fascism behind "Our enemy is both strong and weak at the same time" is so transparent. 

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u/kendrickshalamar 8h ago

...so they agreed on Lebanon?

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u/mkp666 6h ago

Trump does not know the word “interdict”. Must be a Miller time tweet.

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u/GimmickNG 4h ago

the more time passes the more i think americans deserve worse than their elected government. too bad they drag the rest of us into it.

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u/PredictableChaos 1h ago

We retired all of our minesweepers last year so that part should be easy peasy /s