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Beachnutt

(8,973 posts)
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 03:27 PM Wednesday

The liar in chief said

the strait of hormuz will open and oil will start flowing again on Friday, what happens if Iran says not so fast and keeps it closed ?
I think Iran will sabotage the economy to make sure the liar is kicked out of office.
If the strategic oil reserves are depleted our economy will fail.

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Johnny2X2X

(24,573 posts)
1. He's giving them $150B to open it
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 03:30 PM
Wednesday

Friday, after the deal is implemented, all of Iran's frozen assets abroad become available to them, Might take a few days to get most of it, but they are going to be flush with cash by next week.

Iran's economy is only $300B a year, giving them $150B is insane. Giving them access to $300B in investments is absurd.

lame54

(40,398 posts)
2. I think they kinda like him there...
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 03:33 PM
Wednesday

He's responsible for their rise in power and now he is showering them with money

lame54

(40,398 posts)
11. I think their good fortune...
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 05:20 PM
Wednesday

Overshadowed that
These are not good people we are talking about
They are despots like Trump who were not in power until he chose to attack

pat_k

(14,480 posts)
12. Iranians care. The Iranian regime? No so much.
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 05:22 PM
Wednesday

The problem with Trump's threats against civilians and civilian infrastructure (in addition to the threats themselves being war crimes) is that the regime doesn't much care about the suffering of the people so long as they can hold the reigns of power.

Katinfl

(934 posts)
4. They have the upper hand and they know it. No matter how hard it is for them, they will continue to hold the US captive
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 04:28 PM
Wednesday

They have patience like we will never know……..like hundreds of years patience. We don’t.

Torchlight

(7,189 posts)
5. 9th time he's asserted this in three months
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 04:31 PM
Wednesday

I wonder if he'll ever be accidently correct about this, or simply continue his pattern of flawed decisions, bad behavior and degenerate greed. I'm guessing the latter...

kentuck

(115,995 posts)
6. I recall reading that our oil reserves have been depleted.
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 04:35 PM
Wednesday

Have his lies finally caught up to him?

ProfessorGAC

(77,638 posts)
7. Not Yet Depleted, But VERY Low
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 04:40 PM
Wednesday

About 17 days worth, which is the lowest in decades.
Biden used the low demand during COVID to fill the reserves, The Failure emptied them to save face over his idiotic misadventure in Iran.

ProfessorGAC

(77,638 posts)
13. We Don't Get Much By Tanker
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 05:40 PM
Wednesday

About 60% of petroleum used here is domestic.
Canada & Mexico (especially the former) is the largest supplier of imports. That's almost all pipeline.
A decent amount from Venezuela, too. The delays at Hormuz are irrelevant to that.
We Fer dribs & draws of North Sea oil from England & Holland; again not impacted by the Iran situation, so those boars have been sailing for quite a while now.
Only around 8% of demand comes from middle east, none from Iran.
Also worth noting is that the US producers export about 2 MM barrels per day, so they could just retain that for domestic use.
17 days is bad, but it's not as bad as it seems at first blush.

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