Depraved, Desperate, Deluded and Dangerous - Trump Thread #160

[Spandauer]

More of the same. 🤬

Previous thread:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5510944-the-king-of-crazytown-cant-control-the-chaos-trump-thread-159

No. Obviously not.

I wouldn’t be so sure about that. This sounds exactly like what he planning. Good luck with taking a Chinese tanker and the Chinese just lying down and taking it.

He already is. This is just a new way for him to do it.

No country knows from one day to the next what Trump will do.

Probably worth pointing out literally nothing in this excursion has turned out he way Trump has said it would. I don’t see this being different. Entire fuckton of unintended consequences being inflicted on the global economy.

For info probably the best anti-air/missile/drone ship anywhere ATM is probably one of the many Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile destroyers operated by the US Navy.

Yes, the odd type 45 the Royal Navy might rustle up might be better in some areas but it carries considerably less by way Ordnance than an Areleigh.

There are multiple A B's in theatre right now, not two weeks sailing away.

Big unknown would be how good are they at protecting other vessels, especially if the Iranian's are firing at relatively short range.

Of course if POTUS has decided to simply blockade the straits discussing protecting anything is probably a bit moot.

Seems so. He did want to do a joint venture with Iran to collect tolls with them. He never got that. That will piss him off. As will the other countries/ oil companies/shippers doing individual deals. He wants a cut.

Or he wants to be the ONE that makes a deal and saves the world ?

And there is the petro dollar as well.

Might have been better for the rest of us just to give him the damn peace prize and a little gold star.

He will be blocking the straight to stop loads paid for in Yuan etc getting through. Can't have the petrodollar being challenged, can we.

I can see the PRC sending their destroyers to protect their tankers from the US. I bet the klaxons are sounding at PLAN dockyards already. The PRC tankers, oil companies and refiners are state owned too.

There is the PRC type 55. They claim that is the best, but untested and super secret. Claims v reality and all that.

Will be interesting to see if they send them out with their tankers, to escort them through Trumps blockade. The PLAN do have a naval base in Eritrea. Wonder what they have there.

Imagine the propaganda value for the Party.

No way would Trump seize a Chinese state owned tanker being escorted by the PLAN... would they ?

Stupid fucker might actually start WW3.

I don't like the sound of this blocking of the SOH by the US. At all. For the first time (with due respect for those injured and killed so far), I am feeling nervous about the trajectory of this.

I hope I am overreacting. Really do.

That's a worry because anything he does has a habit of turning into a pile of poop for everyone else bar him and his goons who seem to make a lot of money along the way.

"Other countries will be involved in this blockade"

Really? Gee Donnie, seems to me that 'other countries' so far have said 'Thanks, but no thanks' to direct involvement. Why should they want to help the US further damage to world's economy?

It has been a rather long winded start to WW3 but he has finally completely nailed it. China and other countries now have no option but to join in and fight the US ships blocking their economies.

You would be a lot less confused if you remembered that outside of Hollywood, the US has repeatedly shown how it can be bought to heel by stone age cultures.

Turnout in the Hungarian election is sky high.
It will be nail biting as the polls close in 90 minutes

He's had a fantastic effect there too.

I think this period of history will become known as the Terrible Trump 20's.

Are you in the UK ?

remember that half of that is due to Lettis Truss.

Other countries will be involved though. They might send their navies to protect their tankers from Trumps blockade.

This might unite countries against Trump. We might get Malaysia asking India to help protect Malaysian tankers against Trump.

The guy is a total clown. Who is going to help him do illegal stuff.

Who told you that ?

Have you seen a map ?

Here are the land borders of Iran, ranked by length (longest → shortest):

Iraq – ~1,599 km
Turkmenistan – ~1,148 km
Afghanistan – ~921 km
Pakistan – ~909 km
Azerbaijan – ~689 km (includes mainland + exclave border)
Turkey – ~534 km
Armenia – ~44 km

I don't think there is a "might" about it - the rest of the world doesn't want this war, bar Israel.

Iran need the strait to ship their oil

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