As President Donald Trump warns Iran against using mines to threaten oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. Navy’s purpose-built minesweepers are sitting stateside thousands of miles away with no plans to put them to use while the war rages on. As gas prices in the U.S. continued to skyrocket, Trump on Tuesday took to Truth Social to demand that Tehran “immediately” remove any mines placed in the vital seaway and to do so “forthwith” lest the Iranian military suffer “consequences … at a level never seen before.” That warning came after multiple news outlets reported Iran had begun mining the strait, a narrow waterway that is the only passage from the Persian Gulf into open ocean. He also threatened to use drone strikes to “permanently eliminate any boat or ship attempting to mine the Hormuz Strait” and boasted of having done so against 10 Iranian “inactive mine-laying boats” in a separate post several minutes later.
This guy is always stepping on rakes. Every decision he makes is stupid, choosing the wrong course consistently. It’s remarkable
Apropos, Bob’s a Republican, too!
I can hear this.
SMACK eugheugheugheugh
The goal is to put the US in disarray so that he can declare it’s too dangerous to have elections this November.
Not going to happen.
We held elections during the War of 1812, the Civil War and WW2.
Operation Epstein Fury isn’t shit compared to those.
Yeah, and we’ve had peaceful transfers of power up until this one fucking guy…
Unless he’s working for our enemies.
You think it’s a mistake? This was done on purpose. Trump may be stupid, but the people pulling the strings aren’t.
They’re trying to prime WW3
Just to get Supply-Side Jayzuz to show up.
That’s what happens when you assume you’re always smarter than those so-called “experts”. You just take whatever they say is a good idea, and do the opposite. Works every time.