The Strait of Hormuz and America's Mafia President
Donald Trump is floating a 20% fee for commercial passage through the Strait of Hormuz, reminiscent of a small-time mafia protection racket.
The Art of the Iran Deal
Donald Trump broke his promises about the outcome of the war in Iran. He spent huge amounts of taxpayer dollars to essentially strengthen, enrich, and legitimize a ruling regime he claimed was so evil and dangerous that it had to be eradicated.
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Inflation, Iran, and the Art of the Deal
With inflation rising, how do Trump and the US resolve the war with Iran and the trouble in the Strait of Hormuz without essentially capitulating to Iran?
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No New Wars and Lazy Lies
In an interview on Meet the Press, President Donald Trump lied about having repeatedly promised to start no wars. Will it matter to Trump-voters, or will they gloss over it as usual?
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Iran War Resolution and the Pathetic Atrophying of Congress
The House essentially voted to sternly disapprove of the President's continuation of the war with Iran, refusing to do something substantive to reel in the President, reassert Congress's war authority, and maintain the separation of powers between the branches of government.
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Aimless and Adrift in the Strait of Hormuz
Clearly, the US has little leverage at this point, or the Strait would be open, or at least Trump would have a clearly discernible plan for getting it reopened that he was sticking to. Now, he is left scrambling to find a way to keep the world economy from tumbling off of a cliff without looking like a weak, ignorant, moron by giving a supposedly defeated Iran a better set of circumstances than it had before the war began.
