A Closed Strait of Hormuz Was Once Unthinkable

Monday, May 04, 2026

A fully closed Strait of Hormuz was long seen as unthinkable -- and unmanageable if it happened ...

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After Scott Bessent earlier urged China to help the U.S. open the Strait of Hormuz, despite claiming the U.S. had "absolute control" over the Strait, Trump is now asking South Korea to help.

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The disgusting orange chomo accomplished the unthinkable.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-05-04 09:21 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

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#2 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-05-04 09:28 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Unthinkable?
Uh ... no. In fact, blindingly obvious.
So sorry El Blimpo Naranjo, nope dope, no mulligans on this one.

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-05-04 09:54 AM | Reply

Scott Pissant Begs China To Help Reopen The Strait Of Hormuz

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#4 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-05-04 11:00 AM | Reply

"US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called on US allies and on China to join an American operation to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz even as he claimed the nation has total control of the vital waterway for the global oil trade."

The old Chicago Stockyards churned out less b.s. daily than this maladministration of lunatics, grifters, drunks, sex pests, druggies and morons.

#5 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-05-04 11:04 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

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#6 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-05-04 01:38 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Mega-oligarch Scott Bessent has been reduced to a groveling schnorrer.

Watch this week faux Christian Marco "Empty Suit" Rubio uselessly head to the Vatican and Rome as Dummkopf Trumpf's mannequin/errand boy.

#7 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-04 02:22 PM | Reply

"If all the world were a golden ring, Ormus [Hormuz] would be the jewel in it."
Old Arab Proverb

#8 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-05-04 05:39 PM | Reply

For perspective's sake: This past month Iranians marked the 404th anniversary of the expulsion of the Portuguese from Hormuz.

#9 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-05-05 04:36 AM | Reply

Hi Doc Sarvis

And the idiotic Trumpf junta chose Cuba's annual commemoration of the April 1961 Bay of Pigs fiasco to send their high-level delegation to Havana.

#10 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-05 04:43 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

It is unthinkable that this lunatic is still President and/or that Republicans in Congress expect any American to vote for them in November when they won't do their jobs!

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#11 | Posted by danni at 2026-05-05 05:06 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Scott Bessent called on US allies and on China to join an American operation to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz

"Okay, you guys go first. We'll be right behind you."

#12 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2026-05-05 01:22 PM | Reply

@#3 ... Unthinkable?
Uh ... no. In fact, blindingly obvious. ...

The US Military knew of the ramifications of attacking Iran, and closing the Strait of Hormuz was one of those ramifications.

The problem is likely that Pres Trump may have been of the opinion that his war against Iran would end so quickly that the closure of the Strait would not matter in the longer run.

Unfortunately for Pres Trump, he didn't get the "quick win" with Iran that he was expecting.

Now he seems to be desperate for an exit ramp, as his unprovoked war drags on ...

#13 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-05 08:31 PM | Reply

@#12 ... "Okay, you guys go first. We'll be right behind you." ...

As I mentioned in a prior message, Pres Trump seems to want other nations to join the US in his war.

At which point, Pres Trump would likely just bow out saying that it is now ~their battle to fight.~

#14 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-05 08:33 PM | Reply