Donald Trump hopes of extricating himself from his war on Iran were dealt another blow on Saturday after Tehran closed the strait of Hormuz again after the president said the US would not end its blockade of Iranian ports.
Earlier, Trump said in a social media post: “The naval blockade will remain in full force and effect as it pertains to Iran, only, until such time as our transaction with Iran is 100% complete,” adding that “this process should go very quickly”.
On Saturday, Tehran reversed course on opening the waterway vital to oil shipments, and a UK maritime agency reported that Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ships had fired at a tanker as it attempted to pass through the strait on Saturday. Reuters reported separately that an Indian-flagged vessel carrying crude oil had also been attacked while in the waterway.
I still feel a bit queasy when I think back on how often we’d hear the term “CEO President” back in the W days.
One of the worst memes ever is the notion that running this place like a business is somehow right and natural.
And even that wasn’t gross and awful enough for anti-American people like Vance and Thiel and Yarvin and Musk and the authors of The Sovereign Individual. They want to go full dystopian.