FortuneMar 16

‘Blackmail is also not what I wish for’: America’s allies are ghosting Trump on Strait of Hormuz
https://fortune.com/2026/03/16/iran-war-allies-ghosting-trump-strait-of-hormuz-help-warships-escort-minesweepers/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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‘Blackmail is also not what I wish for’: America’s allies are ghosting Trump on Strait of Hormuz

The price of oil sank Monday after Bessent said the U.S. “allowed” tankers to cross, despite the lack of assistance.

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Show threadAndreas KMar 16

@fortune @politics-fortune #uspol #USPolitics

What allies?

Last time I checked, the USA under #Trump does not do allies; they do transactional politics. The #MasterOfTheDeal does not need allies.

Last time I checked, American politicians explained how the Europeans did not have any armed forces anyway. One could literally see and hear how they hate and disrespect Europe and European values.

So the Orange Menace literally has driven away even the British lapdogs.

Show threadAndreas K

So what's in it for us now that the Pedophile Of The United States has proven to the world that the US cannot even bomb Iran properly?
(The little “running out of Patriots” issue and the irritating “Street of Hormuz” issue would come to mind immediately).

And when will the WH admit that they will be sending American soldiers on the ground into the #EpsteinWar so they can die for their pedophile elites?

Mar 16 at 8:03pmElk (canary)
Show threadAndreas KMar 16
Please note, Iran has the cheap, low-tech, fast-to-build ammo and absolutely no motivation to stop dropping them on their neighbors that harbor US installations. The US, due to the genius “Master of the Deal," who changes his policies seemingly every time he takes a dump on a golden toilet, has attacked Iran twice (2025, 2026) during diplomatic talks. Nothing the USA promises is literally worth the electrons the message consists of.
Show threadAndreas KMar 16
And a nice external war against the Great Satan is precisely what the regime needs to straighten the spines of the undecided in their citizenry. Yeah, the opposition will not become fundamentalists suddenly. But the ones that were undecided will suddenly become patriots. And the Iranian regime has survived long wars, long sanctions with bad deprivations. Now let's talk about Americans and gas going up 5 cents a gallon. In an election year. #uspol #USPolitics