General Discussion

So, basically, it is always worse than it seems.

And the felon is always more clueless than anyone can fathom. He really seems to think he can snap his fingers to get oil and LG "flowing" again.

As far as I can tell, his "solutions" have already fallen flat. The offer of navy escorts isn't exciting anybody because we don't have anywhere the near the capacity that would be required to protect traffic at normal levels.

The 20 billion reinsurance facility doesn't have the world jumping up and down because it turns out, analysts estimate more like 300 billion in commitments would be needed -- a number that is beyond the maximum DFC could commit without congressional approval.

And when his transparently inadequate and/or impossible "offers" don't get things going, I think we'll see tantrum posts about what wimps all those state-owned entities and shipping lines are. What's wrong with them all? They should be running (tears in their eyes) to kiss his feet for his largesse!!