1/2 #Foreign and #Domestic #Emergencies Dept : The idiocy of the current administration has achieved something without parallel in modern history :

1. We are now remarkably close to creating a situation wherein we have (effectively) zero allies due to erratic , unlawful and catastrophic decision making at administration level

2. Our military leadership has been eroded enough for highjacking. We have sailed into territory where there are no guardrails wrt war crimes and piracy.Likewise theโ€ฆ

2/2โ€ฆprojection of military power for the sole purpose of market manipulation, global racketeering, money laundering and fraud is already highly visible to the rest of the world. Unprecedented is a word.
Some folks still have trouble connecting a few continent sized dots...
Notice how the sudden change from opening the #SOH to normal shipping shifted to "blockade" (allegedly of #Iran) and seizure (threatening shipping non-compliance generally). It's about who gets to man the toll booth and collect the tolls( in addition to who gets to hold commerce hostage). Follow the money.
Getting the feeling you now live in a third world country ? The fight is now over who gets the biggest bribe(s)