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Q: Are you encouraging oil company CEOs to use the Strait or Hormuz? TRUMP: Yeah, I think they should. I think they should. I think they should use the Strait. Look, we took out just about all of their mine ships.

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The US Navy doesn't want to navigate the Strait of Hormuz. But donold is encouraging commercial ships to do so? 🙄 bsky.app/profile/noah...

Noah Shachtman@noahshachtman.bsky.social

Whoa. This is big. "The U.S. Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war on Iran, saying the risk of attacks is too high for now." www.reuters.com/world/middle...

"just about," is positively tortured in that statement. Let's see. If I'm an energy CEO, "just about," won't make me feel confident gambling with people's lives or my oil. He's asking folks to go with "just about," safe conditions.

Beyond the shear insanity of encouraging crews to ignore the potential danger of targeting by Iranian missiles OR undersea mines, note the telling admission he makes that he "didn't realize they had that big a navy". Seems like intel you'd want your Commander and Chief to factor into war plans.

Does Orange Mussolini realize Iran isn’t using mines? They already blew up 3 ships overnight. I want Trump to personally pilot one of these ships through the Strait.

"Just about all". If I were a CEO or a Ship Captain, I'd be concerned for the "mines they just about missed". This 🟠🤡 doesn't give a damn about the Working Class People who could get blown up & killed. It's not his family in danger or his #EpsteinClass Elite friends. So yeah go ahead.

But you don’t know if there are mines now— insurance is not a substitute for replacing cash flow not to mention the ecological disaster from the resulting oil spills if an oil spill occurs in the Straits of Hormuz. The Dotard is a disingenuous idiot with no real plan for anything.

The media and politicians seem unaware that "they're cowards!" isn't the issue. You cannot sail your tank of oil without numerous types of insurance. No one on Earth will insure a shit going through a mined war zone. It doesn't matter if they're brave. No one is going to take the financial bet.

Tell him to put his fat diapered ass on the tankers as they go through as a sign of confidence, strength, and support. He’s such a blowhard, pussy “tough guy”.

If you watch Trump talking with the sound off, you can't help but think of some sort of farm machinery just spitting out and spreading shit around itself.

He's about to get a reality check. He might be able to bend reality in USA thanks to their cult and Fox News, but this is his FAFO moment.

Shades of Monty Python: K: Wha's for afters? M: Rat cake, rat sorbet, rat pudding, or strawberry tart. K: (eyes lighting up) Strawberry tart? M: Well, it's got *some* rat in it. K: 'Ow much? M: Three. Rather a lot, really.

A sad reality but silver lining to our capitalist society is that none of these companies will take the risk until their insurer agrees to cover it. Another reason why it was dumb to throw the word “war” around.

Maybe the oil company CEOs and their senior executives should sail their oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz rather than risk the lives of ordinary sailors to make their bosses even more zillions

I demand that the Trump family and their friends be investigated for money laundering and insider trading Trump its time for you to resign you useless prick

[Thick Iranian accent] “Yes, you killed my father, mother, wife and son. And, unlike my father, I am veryvery interested in acquiring nuclear weapons. But, yes, of course. Let bygones be bygones. Feel free to travel the Strait of Hormuz. It is very safe fo…HAHAHAHAH sorry guys, let me try again!