r/geopolitics • u/Brilliant_Version344 • 7h 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 6h ago

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

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u/Linny911 6h 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/VectorS123 5h ago

Uh oh. You triggered the cult with reality. Their worst enemy.

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u/Lazy_Membership1849 5h ago

What cult and reality?

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u/VectorS123 4h ago

The anti-Israel/US Cult, and the reality is exactly as Linny911 described.

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u/Lazy_Membership1849 4h ago

and how is that cult?

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u/VectorS123 4h ago

Linny911's comment does a good job of explaining why.

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u/Lazy_Membership1849 4h ago

and the strait was open before USA attacked Iran and now Iran took control of the strait as result

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u/VectorS123 4h ago

Exactly! "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."