Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday they would not let any oil be shipped from the Middle East ​if U.S. and Israeli attacks continue, prompting President Donald Trump to say the U.S. would hit Iran much harder if it blocked exports.

The rhetoric did little to quell a fall ‌in crude prices and a rally in global shares that followed Trump expressing confidence in a swift end to hostilities, even after Iran showed defiance by naming Mojtaba Khamenei as its new supreme leader.

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    13 days ago

    This fuckin dumb ass.

    He seems to have no idea that Iran can stand the heat much longer than he can.

    The whole world already hated him. He’s dialed that up to 11, and alienated his base.

    He’s got no idea how to extricate the US from this mess.

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      12 days ago

      Meh, he’ll just forget about Iran and do Cuba next. Remove/kill Díaz-Canel, bomb some civilians maybe. Then the next target (maybe something in Africa for a change?) and so on. Who’s gonna stop him? The Senate? SCOTUS? lol

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    We’re going to run out of war materials before Iran. A $5k drone getting shot down by a $2 million dollar intercepter is a win everytime for Iran. Keep oil trade closed Iran. Bomb every US base and every piece of infrastructure. If you don’t Isreal and America will kill every Iranian.

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      I have read more than once that it can take multiple interceptor missiles for each drone.

      So it’s even worse!