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There is much confusion about President Trump's announced blockade of Iran's partial blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Who's getting through? Who is blocked? Who is in danger? How long will the blockade last? New talks coming?
By Ron Paul
President Trump was presented with a great opportunity on Saturday to take the off-ramp from his war on Iran. After threatening Iran that “a whole civilization will die tonight,” Trump managed to get a two week pause in the war with the intervention of the Pakistani government. A window opened to end this illegal war. Vice President Vance traveled to Pakistan to negotiate with a high-level Iranian delegation and from press reporting progress was made on many issues. Unfortunately, after a month and a half of war, where tens of billions of dollars have been spent, every US base in the region is either damaged or destroyed, and dozens of military aircraft have been lost, President Trump did not take the off-ramp. He hit the accelerator. After 21 hours of negotiations, the talks blew up, reportedly because the US side again insisted that Iran turn over its enriched uranium, destroy its nuclear facilities, and never enrich uranium again. This may be the “maximalist” approach favored by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but there is no reason for the US to make such demands. So the Pakistan meeting was a waste of time – and likely the whole ceasefire was a ploy to buy time for the US and Israeli side to re-group and re-load. Immediately after the talks ended in failure, an increasingly volatile Trump increased his threats against Iran. Over the past weeks he has alternated between insisting that the Strait of Hormuz is unimportant to the United States and demanding that the Strait be opened immediately. Then yesterday he announced – via his social media account – that the United States military would start blockading Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Any ship departing from an Iranian port would risk being boarded, inspected, and possibly seized. Iran’s restricting traffic in the Strait of Hormuz has sent oil prices soaring, along with the price of fertilizer and other related products. Inflation is increasing in the US. Global markets are reeling. Trump further restricting traffic in and out of the Persian Gulf with his own blockade will only accelerate this process. It is like fighting a fire with gasoline. And if the Houthis in Yemen close the Red Sea in response to Trump’s blockade of Iran’s blockade, we could even see a global economic depression. There is a feeling that President Trump is flailing around while becoming increasingly volatile. He expected that the Europeans, the Japanese, and the South Koreans would join his efforts to force open the Strait, but instead they decided to make their own deals with Tehran and pay the transit fee. The rest of the world does not want war with Iran. Only the Trump Administration and Netanyahu want the war. The petrodollar is taking a hit, as payments for Strait of Hormuz passage are paid in Chinese yuan. The dollar is being challenged as the global reserve currency as the US global empire itself is being challenged in real time. This is time to look for and take that off-ramp. However, the US President seems to be moving in the opposite direction. Military equipment is being rapidly airlifted to the Middle East and another US carrier group is nearing the region as well. China has warned the US against interfering in its trade with Iran. A major escalation is brewing and Congress still cannot find its voice.
President Trump claims that the US is enforcing a blockade of any vessel that sails out of an Iranian port. Any such ship is subject to boarding, seizure, or outright attack. So...what happens if it's a Chinese ship?
President Trump has shown a curious characteristic of turning on those who want to hold him to account. Right at the beginning, we had the falling out with Elon Musk over the Big Beautiful Bill. Then, to Trump voters who wanted accountability on the Epstein Files, the president wrote: "I don't want their support anymore." And now the president has attacked his biggest and most influential backers: Alex Jones, Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson, and Candace Owens. Why is the president burning so many important bridges?
Just hours after the Pakistani Prime Minister announced a ceasefire for all parties in the conflict, Israel began pounding Lebanese civilians, killing hundreds. The Trump Administration raced not to warn Israel against the violation, but to claim that the agreement never included Lebanon. Back to war?
Just hours after a "shock" last minute reprieve from President Trump in the form of a two-week pause in the US/Iran/Israel war, Israel hit Lebanon with 100 bombs in 10 minutes, killing scores of civilians. According to the original agreement, Lebanon is part of the ceasefire. Meanwhile Defense Secretary Hegseth is doing victory laps claiming that Iran "begged" for a ceasefire and was totally defeated. Will the ceasefire last even one day?
In perhaps his most unhinged social media post yet, President Trump threatened Iran by saying a "whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again." Speculation is rising that he is considering using a nuclear weapon against the country unless they capitulate by 8:00 PM tonight. Will he?
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