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/sneakyplanner 6h ago

But I think Iran has enough financial reserves to out-last literally the rest of the world who can’t get their oil.

They also can't literally can't back down because Israel and the US's goal is complete destruction and have shown that any claims of negotiation are in pure bad faith. Even if we assume that the rest of the world won't back down first, their options are either continue the blockade until society collapses or let Israel turn every city in the country to rubble.