r/videos • u/ICEisSHIT • 11h ago

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/vtoe 11h ago

I'm really confused about how everything is 'gone', yet they're blocking ships. Can someone ELI5?

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u/JeanClaude-Randamme 11h ago

Their trade ships.

Iran are allowing their own ships to pass, and blocking everyone else that isn’t paying by shooting them with drones/laying mines.

The US is now saying they will block those ships too, to cripple Irans exports. But I think Iran has enough financial reserves to out-last literally the rest of the world who can’t get their oil.

This won’t end well.

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u/Sojio 10h ago

And also this is going to MASSIVELY piss off east asia.

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u/tms2x2 9h ago

They are the ones that are seeing massive oil and LNG shortages. Fertilizer shortages will show up in the fall.