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Hegseth: "We barely use the Strait of Hormuz as a country. Our energy doesn't flow through there, and we have plenty of energy. Just look at the new global congo line headed to Texas, a beautiful picture."

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Strait of Who? Never heard of it. Not important. No reason to open it. Let's concentrate on the important things, like making sure everyone knows we won't prosecute rape in the military. Hey, anyone got a random fishing boat we can sink? For reasons?

Pete, pretend Ireland Scotland and Canada stopped selling Irish/Canadian whiskey and scotch to the U.S. Wouldn’t that cause the price of your bourbon to go up? We just have to put this into relatable terms for him.

If there isn't a problem with a closed strait. Why cry about it. And block and bomb the Iranian tankers for no reason? Hegseth, you are an idiot and a reckless warmonger! I guess the demented orange idiot told you to do it anyway.

I’m going to explain this like I’m talking to a 5 year old. If there are 10 cupcake shops in town, and the US closes 2 of them, the price of cupcakes is going to go up because there are fewer cupcake shops in total. It doesn’t matter that we get ours from a different store: fewer shops = price go up

Those tankers are coming here to load up our diesel & sell to Europe & Africa because oil companies have to make that $$. Which will in turn drive up our diesel prices which will drive up prices of everything that truckers transport across this nation

The Strait of Hormuz will open again at some point and Trump and his people really believe the rest of the world won't forget all these comments and still buy American, oil or any other product

Don’t worry, when it goes back down all the commuters will be issued refunds for all the money they spent on gas instead of being able to put it toward a home or retirement account. What? What do you mean workers will just be expected to eat it?

It will take several months for traffic through the Strait of Hormuz return to it's previous volume, and that's only if the blockade and closure was ended -right now-. But the shortages in vital commodities is going to create price shocks that will last years.

Not to mention all ths refineries that have destroyed. Only an idiot would ignore the effect on the global energy market that reckless bombing would bring about. But there's an idiot at the wheel and another one at the DOD.

Only way out is for us to do what veterans wanted to do to begin with, put everything behind Ukraine 1) it would get criminal Putin on the defensive 2) Russia could not supply Iran 3) our military could learn the cutting edge new battlefield tactics 4) kick Russia back into Russia

This idiot isn't telling people that "global conga line" is going to be a long queue of tankers that just sit waiting for filling weeks to months, that then will raise prices of diesel (& all goods shipped by diesel) as they export a bunch of the US's supply to the highest bidder.

And if we're supposedly protected from the harm of global shortfalls by our domestic production, why are you touting the fact that we're shipping away that protective domestic production to the global market? His own fucking statement contradicts itself! He's crowing about harming US consumers!

He thinks that there's an infinite reservoir of oil under the U.S. (plus any sort of production capacity for American oil within the country, which there just isn't)

An old, old cartoon. Two guys labeled us/eu in a plane look across the aisle where a third (Japan?) is staring out the window at a burning engine. First guy says to second “poor SOB —his wing is on fire.”

It was just a matter of time before these maniacs went with: It's good Hormuz closed. Americans with a brain understand markets are global. I wish Republicans had brains 🧠

I don't even care that she rejected me. Actually, she's fat and ugly and all my friends think so! I won't let this get me down, these aren't tears I think its a very localized rain event!

So looking forward to his impeachment. Trump and his unqualified asses let the war criminal Netanyahu draw them into this unnecessary war, and now the most unqualified among them is attacking Europe for their "fancy" meetings and refusal to get drawn in.

This nutjob sounds like every other Rapethepublican you ever talked to... Greasy Slimy Substance Addicted Treason Weasels What's new?