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ForgedCrank

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27. Iran was

Reply to yellowcanine (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 12:28 PM

10 hrs ago

escorting their own stuff in and out to their ports on their side of the gulf. Trump is claiming to be now blockading that traffic, not the whole passageway.
Far as we know, there may not even be any mines. If there are mines, Iran most surely does know where they are or they wouldn't be escorting stuff in and out.
My personal opinion is that he did this mainly in response to the rumor that china was sending air defense systems to Iran, but I'm sure he revels at the thought of also starving the people there at the same time.

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Wait! Trump is blockading Hormuz bc Iran closed it? [View all] yellowcanine Yesterday OP

Sense? malaise Yesterday #1

Make sense? How is *making sense* involved? He's just blockading a blockade, that's all. Ocelot II Yesterday #2

He's blockading the blockade Farmer-Rick Yesterday #3

LOL! Exactly!! paleotn Yesterday #8

The strategy, I think... Happy Hoosier Yesterday #4

See, if Trump blockades Iran's blockade (from outside it's perimeter), then Iran's blockade is actually not a blockade AZJonnie Yesterday #6

That, unfortunately, sounds like the likely motivation. GopherGal Yesterday #10

Maybe so. paleotn Yesterday #14

Trump wouldn't have the gonads to impede ships bound for Russia or China, so the whole thing would be pointless AZJonnie Yesterday #17

As that Chinese ship has shown. republianmushroom 11 hrs ago #25

Custer's decision underpants 10 hrs ago #29

He's blocking all traffic through the straight that agreed to pay the toll to Iran Volaris Yesterday #5

trump has a strategy LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #7

........ paleotn Yesterday #16

These are brilliant! BlueSpot Yesterday #19

This was already open before Trump started the war JI7 Yesterday #9

I'd love it if Iran tweeted, "Open the Strait, you fucking bastard!" Efilroft Sul Yesterday #11

More likely they'll say NH Ethylene 10 hrs ago #31

I hear it's really taxing work. Efilroft Sul 9 hrs ago #32

;-{) Repurposed Ballroom Bunker Dirt Goonch Yesterday #12

I can see a perverse kind of logic to it. subterranean Yesterday #13

I think he was hoping to punish any ship/country that made a deal with Iran for passage. travelingthrulife Yesterday #15

Not a real pirate. Real pirates capture a prize now and then. yellowcanine Yesterday #18

Maybe this isn't a valid analogy, boonecreek Yesterday #20

He wants that passage money lame54 Yesterday #21

You could see that dim bulb moment on his face when he Maru Kitteh 10 hrs ago #30

Looks like he's trying for the Uno Reverse play 0rganism Yesterday #22

George Lucas appears to have predicted this strategy LetMyPeopleVote 11 hrs ago #23

With trump is doesn't have to make sense. republianmushroom 11 hrs ago #24

The story has since evolved BeyondGeography 10 hrs ago #26

Iran was ForgedCrank 10 hrs ago #27

TACO --- again & again & again. Too scared of China (so he still has a bit of sense) Tim S 10 hrs ago #28

Simple. Somewhere, somehow, there's a donor who stands to make millions off this blockade of Iran. unblock 9 hrs ago #33