The grim choice facing the Trump administration: Economic or naval collapse?
The Trump administration is currently trapped between the specter of a global economic recession and a naval catastrophe. As the conflict with Iran intensifies, the world’s energy arteries are constricting to a point of “nonlinearity,” where every day the Strait of Hormuz remains closed doesn’t just double the economic pain — it multiplies it exponentially.
The thing is, even if Trumpolini declared "Victory" and sent home the grunts, the Straight won't be any safer. The only way to do that would be to put 100K boots on the ground and hold all the land along the coast. It's almost certain as soon as ships start moving through, at least 1 will get hit. If it's an LNG tanker, the explosion will be Hollywood spectacular.
With the Kuwaitis and Omanis now starting to shut in wells, the supply interuption will at least be months long. So much for Trumps quicky done. In 3 months, you'll have RREAL shortages in fertilizer right in time for growing season.
Leave it to Trump to speed up collapse by orders of magnitude.
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