cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/9016144
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116913091653271692https://nitter.net/RapidResponse47/status/2076673834099298766#m
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5965399-donald-trump-guardian-strait-hormuz/
You are expecting too much from Trump. His pattern is to proclaim some new policy with shaky justification and no prior analysis. At best, his thought pattern is, “20% sounds like a good number.” Then he let’s the rest of his administration try to define something of substance around his public statements, hoping that he doesn’t contradict their attempts in the coming days.
sounds to me like he is just trying to stall for time in a way that doesn’t make them look weak, while they try to take the resources they need from latin america.
they are burning their oil reserves and if rumors have it, can’t make missiles fast enough for a sustained war either. the definite end of the petrodollar alone would probably be devastating.
That’s probably true