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BootinUp

(51,500 posts) Wed Apr 22, 2026, 09:29 PM 7 hrs ago

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At least 34 tankers with links to Iran have bypassed the US blockade since it began, according to the cargo tracking group Vortexa, including several carrying Iranian oil — despite US President Donald Trump declaring the barricade a “tremendous success”.

-Substack note by Max Boot with FT article link https://substack.com/@maxboot/note/c-247430658

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Oops! (Original Post) BootinUp 7 hrs ago OP

Imagine you are Trump. Too afraid to continue this illegal war, but too afraid to back down. OAITW r.2.0 7 hrs ago #1

I hope it keeps him up and turns his stomach into knots. nt BootinUp 7 hrs ago #2

Well it's surely messing with shithole's mental............. Lovie777 7 hrs ago #3

Of course Trump would lie about that RussBLib 5 hrs ago #4

Who you gonna believe, TACO or your lying eyes? marble falls 5 hrs ago #5

OAITW r.2.0

(32,376 posts)

1. Imagine you are Trump. Too afraid to continue this illegal war, but too afraid to back down.

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 09:32 PM

7 hrs ago

BootinUp

(51,500 posts)

2. I hope it keeps him up and turns his stomach into knots. nt

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 09:33 PM

7 hrs ago

Lovie777

(23,265 posts)

3. Well it's surely messing with shithole's mental.............

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 09:40 PM

7 hrs ago

where there is little left.

RussBLib

(10,680 posts)

4. Of course Trump would lie about that

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 10:50 PM

5 hrs ago

Even though I know Trump lies about everything, his lies often don’t automatically register in my psyche as a lie. I should know better! This blockade ain’t much of a blockade.

I wonder if this “tremendous success” of a blockade had anything to do with Hegseth’s firing the head of the Navy today? Or yesterday. They were problem not perfect enough, so GTFO.

https://russblib.blogspot.com/?m=1

marble falls

(72,233 posts)

5. Who you gonna believe, TACO or your lying eyes?

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 11:24 PM

5 hrs ago

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