Jon Stewart
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President Trump acknowledged the risk, but told his team that Tehran would likely capitulate before closing the strait.
Oh, wouldn't they?
Oh, don't worry about it, everybody.
Gee, who would have thought that a guy who did this during a solar eclipse...
would ignore a warning.
By the way, my favorite part of that goes, he looks up at a solar eclipse three times.
Uh, that hurts.
Yep.
But not to worry, this sudden bottleneck of the world's oil supply, it's not a big deal.
It's barely closed.
The only thing prohibiting transit in the Straits right now is Iran shooting at shipping.
It is open for transit should Iran not do that.
Other than Epstein, it's a wonderful island.
It's open except for the shooting?
Come on, man.
Jeez.
So right now, the ships cannot make the passage because they're being attacked.
And the risk is too great.
There were some mines that have been laid.
It's going to take a lot of foresight and planning to thread this needle, come up with a strategic plan.