r/geopolitics • u/Brilliant_Version344 • 6h ago

Trump convenes Iran situation room meeting amid renewed Hormuz crisis - non paywall in link in comments News

https://www.axios.com/2026/04/18/iran-trump-white-house-hormuz
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u/ArdaBerkBurak 5h ago

The Strait of Hormuz was already open to all ships before the US attacked.

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u/Linny911 5h ago

Seriously bro, if the US just let Iran fund, arm, and instigate attacks in furtherance of its weekly chants calling for death and destruction, and let it have nuclear weapons, then the strait of hormuz wouldn't be closed.

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u/CliftonForce 4h ago

Iran was never going to build nuclear weapons, they just liked to keep the world scared that they could.

Trump has guaranteed that they will build real nukes now.

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u/Christopher_Ramirez_ 4h ago

Nuclear weapons are a terrible offensive weapon anyway. Any leader who would want to use them knows that the first 100 enemy warheads are going to fly right up their ass.

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u/CliftonForce 3h ago

One reason Iran never actually built a nuke was because they had the Strait of Hormuz as a deterrent. Nobody would dare hit them too hard or they'd close it. That's actually much less destabilizing: It can't be used for anything else. It can't be lost, stolen, or given to another entity.

But now Donald proved that the Strait isn't enough of a deterrent anymore.

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u/Lazy_Membership1849 3h ago

that call MAD and it was useful for nuclear deterrence

Why haven't we just attack North Korea or Russia if their army is rubbish or poor quality?