Trump: China you gotta do something! You are, after all, my best friend.
Xi could present Trump a map of the middle east with Taiwan moved off the coast of Oman and negotiate for uncontested seizure of Taiwan within a week
Fucking-A… How mentally challenged is the US to ask this of the country they declared a trade war against???
Trump’s Art of the Deal involves lots of getting on his knees.
Trump has never seen a crayon he thought tasted gross
Even the green ones?
I don’t think China needs Marco Rubidiot to tell them they’re dependent on oil.
But are they dependent on OPEC oil when they are buying Russia’s?
If I were China I would tell him to pound sand since he’s been being bellicose about china in the panama canal. Also they’re friendly with Iran so Iran could just let chinese flagged ships through and attack anyone else.
Maybe marco should have tried harder to convince mushroom dick into not joining a fucking war just because bibi asked him to.
Hilarious.
Trump attacks Iran
Iran shuts down oil
Markets crash
Who could have predicted this?
Anyone interested in stealing from YOUR retirement account through market manipulation
This is all part of the plan of men smarter than the pissbag
they are trying to crash everything. they will be dead within the next year or so and do not want us to live either.
Trump: “There should be no consequences for my actions.”
Trump: starts a war
Also Trump: Don’t retaliate!
Attacked country: retaliates
Trump: surprised pikachu
There never have been before 🤷♂️
Ok so like if China did do that, whats in it for them?
Also, if the price of oil spikes will that cause a market crash that crashes the housing bubble? Seems like this might be a entirely-too-fucked-up way to make housing affordable again.
Trump will do one of his deals and trade Taiwan sovereignty for access to oil.
…fuck
China gets to not have oil shortages. They’re far more dependent on the middle east for oil. The US has been self sufficient when it comes to oil for almost a decade.
so Trump is asking China to help itsef as the US won’t be affected at all. Did I understand you interpretation correctly?
Iran could easily allow China-bound ships and shut out everyone else, which they’ll probably do if China pushes for it.
The only possible way they have to close the strait is by mining it. Anything else would be open to air attack and about as effective as the Houthis, which is to say not very.
Nevermind that if they allowed through any shipments, it would defeat the entire purpose of closing the Strait. Oil is fungible and will be resold if a profit can be made, as we’ve already seen with the Russian sanctions.
Anything else would be open to air attack and about as effective as the Houthis, which is to say not very.
You mean the terrorist group who forced both the US and China to make deals with them?
I think they proved that this is a shockingly successful technique
Yes, the one that has only managed to sink or capture 4 ships over their 2 year campaign. Compare that with the Somali pirates that captured 100+ ships during their peak in 2010-2011.
if they allowed through any shipments, it would defeat the entire purpose of closing the Strait. Oil is fungible and will be resold if a profit can be made
Every additional step in the supply chain increases the price since everyone adds their own margin, and at some point it becomes more expensive than oil alternatives (for example, bio-plastics). Anyway, if China started reselling the oil then Iran would stop letting them through.
