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SerendipityJane · 06/05/2026 09:22

Efacsen · 06/05/2026 08:26

I'm not so sure either that everything will 'return to normal' ie the way it was before all the US/Israel shenanigans of the last 2 months

It's the reality of FAFO writ large and the genie of Iran flexing it's muscles over the Strait isn't going to helpfully just pop itself back in the bottle to save Trumps skin

Iran now gets to charge a toll that it hadn't thought of before.

You can bet your life they had thought of it. Just had no way to enforce it without seeming like the bad guys. Enter Trump ....

logicisall · 06/05/2026 09:29

I've been doom scrolling YT. I blame @DuncinToffee 😈
This caught my eye. The elephant in the room.

https://youtube.com/shorts/crwiDWLxQuw?si=ZFAqo_piroxxoC6b

Before you continue to YouTube

https://youtube.com/shorts/crwiDWLxQuw?si=ZFAqo_piroxxoC6b

RedTagAlan · 06/05/2026 09:32

SerendipityJane · 06/05/2026 09:22

Iran now gets to charge a toll that it hadn't thought of before.

You can bet your life they had thought of it. Just had no way to enforce it without seeming like the bad guys. Enter Trump ....

Gulf of America anyone ?

No way will Trump let this potential money making scheme go.

Spandauer · 06/05/2026 09:34

Is 🍊💩 worried about his forthcoming trip to Chy-na? (May 14-15)

China has called for a “complete cessation of hostilities” in Iran with “the utmost urgency”.

Xi has Trump wriggling on a hook now. Trump is off to Beijing in a few days and his ego won’t allow his big trip blowing up in his face…or getting cancelled. Explains some of his flipflopping.
bsky.app/profile/chadbourn.bsky.social/post/3ml6a7dgsok2l

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RedTagAlan · 06/05/2026 09:36

Spandauer · 06/05/2026 09:34

Is 🍊💩 worried about his forthcoming trip to Chy-na? (May 14-15)

China has called for a “complete cessation of hostilities” in Iran with “the utmost urgency”.

Xi has Trump wriggling on a hook now. Trump is off to Beijing in a few days and his ego won’t allow his big trip blowing up in his face…or getting cancelled. Explains some of his flipflopping.
bsky.app/profile/chadbourn.bsky.social/post/3ml6a7dgsok2l

The Iranian fella is in BJ now. Sat drinking tea with the PRC leaders.

Warming Trumps chair for him ?

Spandauer · 06/05/2026 09:41

Out of interest... how does the US deal with security when in China?

Last year effing JD Vance shut down half of the Cotswolds and Hampton Court swanning around with a 19 vehicle entourage. Roads closed, nearby inhabitants questioned etc.

Does China allow them to come, SS armed to the teeth with anti-drone equipment etc. on a truck following His Orangeness?

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DancingFerret · 06/05/2026 09:49

Rubio at the WH yesterday set it out in words of one syllable for those of limited intelligence <sarcasm>: No-one owns the world's oceans, everyone is entitled to free passage - and that's why the US will continue to attack Iran over the SoH...except that this morning they've apparently paused their attacks.

DuncinToffee · 06/05/2026 09:59

logicisall · 06/05/2026 09:29

I've been doom scrolling YT. I blame @DuncinToffee 😈
This caught my eye. The elephant in the room.

https://youtube.com/shorts/crwiDWLxQuw?si=ZFAqo_piroxxoC6b

As a antidote, Puffins

https://www.youtube.com/live/zt3MCinVr5Q?si=JvS_qwI3KXATjL6I

SerendipityJane · 06/05/2026 10:00

Spandauer · 06/05/2026 09:41

Out of interest... how does the US deal with security when in China?

Last year effing JD Vance shut down half of the Cotswolds and Hampton Court swanning around with a 19 vehicle entourage. Roads closed, nearby inhabitants questioned etc.

Does China allow them to come, SS armed to the teeth with anti-drone equipment etc. on a truck following His Orangeness?

It's an interesting question. You could call it the Archduke Ferdinand dilemma if you wanted to exclude the lower energy thinkers.

I would suspect that the US would publicly claim to acquiesce to the host nations laws (e.g. not carry guns) in a pinky promise. With a realpolitik that the host nation would be well aware of what "losing" a US president might result in.

Well that's how it used to be. With a New World Order, who knows ?

logicisall · 06/05/2026 10:08

Trump said high oil&gas prices is a small price to pay for Iran war. He thought oil would hit $200, but it didn't.

He certainly needs to learn how to read the room.

JoshLymanSwagger · 06/05/2026 10:11

logicisall · 06/05/2026 10:08

Trump said high oil&gas prices is a small price to pay for Iran war. He thought oil would hit $200, but it didn't.

He certainly needs to learn how to read the room.

Maybe reading would be a start?
I do hope they pack his crayons for the China trip.
And not his Sharpie.

RedTagAlan · 06/05/2026 10:13

JoshLymanSwagger · 06/05/2026 10:11

Maybe reading would be a start?
I do hope they pack his crayons for the China trip.
And not his Sharpie.

China makes plenty of crayons. And "non toxic" is written on the box too. So safe for him to eat.

SerendipityJane · 06/05/2026 10:17

DancingFerret · 06/05/2026 09:49

Rubio at the WH yesterday set it out in words of one syllable for those of limited intelligence <sarcasm>: No-one owns the world's oceans, everyone is entitled to free passage - and that's why the US will continue to attack Iran over the SoH...except that this morning they've apparently paused their attacks.

Free as in speech, not beer.

TirednessOnToast · 06/05/2026 10:32

@Jaichangecentfoisdenom I saw rhat last night. Equally terrifying & depressing I thought?

TirednessOnToast · 06/05/2026 10:35

Re Puffins. I live near the Farne Islands. You can take a boat trip around & lansbriwfly on non breeding season. Loud! Smelly! Also quite a few dolphins & orcas around atm.
Sb: 'land briefly'.

Jaichangecentfoisdenom · 06/05/2026 10:41

TirednessOnToast · 06/05/2026 10:32

@Jaichangecentfoisdenom I saw rhat last night. Equally terrifying & depressing I thought?

Indeed. Further proof the world has gone to hell in a handcart. Of course, the upside is that if Trump could run for a third term, then theoretically so could President Obama (I doubt if he’d want to), but of course the GOP would forbid people who wore tan suits to run ever again.

SerendipityJane · 06/05/2026 10:42

Jaichangecentfoisdenom · 06/05/2026 10:41

Indeed. Further proof the world has gone to hell in a handcart. Of course, the upside is that if Trump could run for a third term, then theoretically so could President Obama (I doubt if he’d want to), but of course the GOP would forbid people who wore tan suits to run ever again.

Funny how all of a sudden being older than Biden is never mentioned.

RedTagAlan · 06/05/2026 11:09

SerendipityJane · 06/05/2026 10:42

Funny how all of a sudden being older than Biden is never mentioned.

He could nick a Reagan quote:

"I want you to know that also I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience."

And a Biden one too:

“The only thing I bring to this career after my age — as you can see how old I am — but is a little bit of wisdom. I come to the job with more experience than any president in American history. It doesn’t make me better or worse, but it gives me few excuses.”

But they had/have a sense of humour.

MushMonster · 06/05/2026 11:39

logicisall · 06/05/2026 10:08

Trump said high oil&gas prices is a small price to pay for Iran war. He thought oil would hit $200, but it didn't.

He certainly needs to learn how to read the room.

He does say all this BS and I really cannot take it anymore 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Hyssops · 06/05/2026 11:54

Deal imminent according to BBC

MushMonster · 06/05/2026 11:57

I actually pushed through my anger and tears and thought about it and it is not a small price to pay, that is for sure, but there are even more dangerous consequences to Trump's BS , which involve danger to live https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/iranian-ambassador-summoned-london-foreign-office-b2967300.html, plus the millions of people thrown into poverty and those killed directly in combat.
So... it is even worst than $200 per barrel.
I hope he has nightmares where he drowns in crude oil.....

DancingFerret · 06/05/2026 11:58

Hyssops · 06/05/2026 11:54

Deal imminent according to BBC

Edited

I don't even trust the BBC weather forecast - but we live in hope.

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