Donald Trump has insisted Iran must “open up the Strait of Trump” and complained about not winning the Nobel Peace Prize in a meandering speech at the Future Investment Initiative Institute summit in Miami, Florida.
the reality check is this: Donald Trump has never been more unpopular in his second term in office
The actual reality check is this: he still hasn’t reached the lows he reached during his first term. His approval rating remains above 40%
Trump is killing the global economy, pulling everyone into a recession. Prices for daily necessities are skyrocketing, and still Trump has 40% approval rating in the US? Like do those fckng idiots like paying more for everyday stuff? What the fck is wrong with them.
Is this asshole seriously still whining about the Nobel Peace Prize? Didn’t the winner of the prize eventually just give the prize to him?
Tried to. Nobel committee said its non transferable. He might have the shiny medal but on the books it’s still hers.
Had to double check that this wasn’t an onion article. I’m not even surprised that it’s not.
This is getting bigger by the day.
Fuel shortages in SE Asia. This affects many industries the US gets products from.
China has suspended mineral shipments to the US and restricted fertilizer exports.
Russia is all but openly aiding Iran and likely instigating some of the actions.
Panic buying is happening in South America.
Diesel is over $10/gallon in some places.
Gas prices are hitting record highs in some places in the US.
And these effects are “rubber band” effects. They lag behind the actual impetus driving them.
This is going to get worse. A lot worse. These events are red flags. And if nation groups start taking sides over the conflict we are going to possibly see a far greater war and massive privation globally.
Isn’t the US a net exporter of oil? Why does this cause US gas prices to go up?
Because of profits.
Because oil and gas are both globally marketed.
And one reason US prices for gasoline are higher is because the US is a net exporter. If all US production stayed in the US, prices would be lower.
To put it more explicitly: If a US oil producer can sell a barrel to Indonesia for $150 a barrel, why would they sell it to California for $100?
You answered your own question.
We export the oil. The oil is bid on via a global market. That market sets the price of oil.
The companies selling oil and gas from the US sources have no loyalty to the US, they’re going to make money however it suits them.
There’s different types of oil, that take different types of machinery to process, basically the oil from the US has to be exported to other refineries, because they don’t have the infrastructure to be able to use (or process) their own raw product.
Because of market rules. Supply has shot down but demand hasnt.
Y’know what, I say we let him have this one. Let him plaster his name all over this giant horrible pointless mess. He owns it. The Strait of Trump. Fuck it.
Trump has no Plan B.
Either the rape he planned goes as expected, or he ends up here, impotently raging at the rest of the world.
Trump has no plan A either. Not even the concept of a plan A. The decision to invade Iran was a combination of his lack of self control from dementia, and being surrounded by yes-men.
Why oh why didn’t his mommy take Plan B…
(I know it wasn’t invented yet, lemme have my fun!)
Why didn’t his father use condoms?
Coat hangers were a thing back then or not?
He just does whatever the last person he saw tells him to do. He has NO plan at all. Just to listen to whatever the last person he saw tells him to do.
The yes-men thing might be the other way around. There have definitely been lots of can’t-keep-their-hands-to-themselves fascists in Washington that have wanted to invade Iran since long before his presidency.
Oh he’s totally being manipulated like a puppet by Stephen Miller and others, who will be planting ideas and then congratulating Donny for thinking it up, but what I was getting at was that nobody in his cabinet will be trying to reign him in or even moderate his impulses. It will all be yes sir, what a great idea sir, I wish I was as smart as you, sir.
Did he plan the protests and the murders of protestors too?
The rape victim has once again bitten his little mushroom and now he doesn’t know what to do.
so THIS is the art of the deal? 🤭
Congress is letting this shit head do this and the people who voted them in think it’s great.
The dumbest people on the planet are in charge.
And you can see it online with people saying “what does no kings mean? America doesn’t have a king”
It does when congress does nothing and the joke of a court rubber stamps everything.
Yet they just cant see it. Damn that is a level of stupid that exceeds anything ever seen before.
America is now an idiocracy.
The man is so damned insane I cannot understand how they continually put up with him when all the gears of government would roll a million times smoother without that nuthatch in the drivers seat
Because the powers behind this want to buy everything and create feudal city states they rule
The “news” media will ignore Dear Leader’s obvious illnesses, and give us the latest Kardashian news.
He shouldn’t even have gotten Machado’s, that was a dumb gamble from her.
She’s a far-right toady trying to sell out her country for a chance at the top job.
WTF is the Future Investment Initiative Institute? More Government of Putin supporters filled with BS to steal more from US taxpayers? Anyway, Krasnov is begging to talk to the Iranians, because he is running out precision guided weapons, his piss poor plan is failing and he knows his next step is a ground war, which will test the US public.
His level of complete derangement is as plain to see as the paint on his face.
