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Lynne of Flowers Mar 21

Qasim Rashid, Esq.

So to recap:
•Trump illegally bombed Iran.
•Iran responded by closing the Straight of Hormuz, thus spiking oil prices.
•Trump is now responding by lifting sanctions on Iranian oil, thus funding the regime he's bombing—all as the Straight of Hormuz remains closed.

So in short, Trump bombed Iran, raised oil prices for Americans, and gave Iran more money. Masterful gambit by the author of the Art of the Deal.

Are we great yet?

Miha Markič Mar 21

@QasimRashid also saying that others should deal with Hormuz

He acts as if stupidity is a virtue… but then again, he does that all the time…

Display Name Mar 21

@QasimRashid he gave more money to Russia and used it as an excuse to lift some sanctions.

June BlueSpruce Mar 21

@QasimRashid You forgot the part where he also lifted sanctions on Russia and got a two-fer: Russia now has more money to beat up on Ukraine AND to help Iran drop bombs on our allies and soldiers. You might think he actually hates America.

Offbeatmammal Mar 21

@QasimRashid and despite that, and Venezuela, people are still talking about the Epstein files. Incompetent toddler.

albert4064 Mar 21

@QasimRashid Celui qui est grand n'a pas besoin de faire la guerre. Seul celui qui veut paraître grand fait la guerre.

Ms. Denie Mar 21

@QasimRashid yells at allies to clean up his mess. They don't.

Yeah, we should give him a peace nobel for all the good deeds he did in Iran, Gaza, Lebanon, Venezuela, and the world. 🤦‍♂️

Dźwiedziu Mar 21

@QasimRashid
Also bigger oil prices help Putin, so masterful gambit™ indeed.

zetabeta Mar 21

@QasimRashid
maybe not the last part. was this a plan all along. hiking oil prices help oil corporations and russia. roughly everyone knows that trump doesn't care about ordinary citizens. trump is beneficial to big oil.

last part is little weird though, maybe trump doesn't think after all.

dfroidmont Mar 21

Time to make an extension of his old boardgame: "Trump the backpedaler"

He'll probably do the same thing with Cuba next.

Peet Tetteroo Mar 21

Sum - the actions of an alleged fraud criminal deemed malignant narcissistic psychopath by hundreds of psychiatrists..

styxrafting Mar 21

@QasimRashid also they killed the most moderate people in the Iranian government and the bigger advocates of nuclear weapons took their place - which they should make, but it's yet another achievement from the usa standpoint

MidgePhoto Mar 21

@QasimRashid the blame should be shared evenly among all* Republicans in Congress in the previous Trump Administration and the current one, since their task was to prevent an unfit president from such actions or continuing office and they deliberately didn't.

And that filters down to their organisations, supporters, and voters.

Trump is appallingly bad, yes, but he needs not have been placed or kept in power.

* Except IIRC one.

@QasimRashid 😫 I'm getting tired of "winning".

Jeff McNeill Mar 21

@QasimRashid @pluralistic and spent at least 12bn (so far, likely 2x or more) doing it.

Graeme 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Mar 21

@QasimRashid Not to forget helping Russia too! He really is mentally ill, at the least.

@QasimRashid - Profiteers.

@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNote Mar 21

@QasimRashid Don’t forget this helps his pal Putin too.

@QasimRashid
I predict a rise in EV sales and home PV installations.

Pete's Mom 🍉 🇺🇦 ☮️Mar 21

@QasimRashid
Could be a campaign billboard but Dems would consider that an unfair advantage.

lord pthenq1 Mar 21

"Así que, para recapitular:
• Trump bombardeó ilegalmente a Irán.
• Irán respondió cerrando el estrecho de Ormuz, lo que disparó los precios del petróleo.
• Ahora Trump responde levantando las sanciones sobre el petróleo iraní, financiando así al mismo régimen que está bombardeando; todo ello mientras el estrecho de Ormuz permanece cerrado.

En resumen: Trump bombardeó a Irán, encareció el petróleo para los estadounidenses y le dio más dinero a Irán. Una jugada maestra del autor de *El arte de la negociación*.

¿Ya somos grandes?"

Chris Vreeland Mar 23

@QasimRashid It’s a real stumper when you try to think about it.

Eliza MB Mar 23

Strait. That is all.