Grampy's Hormuz Blockade demonstrates the "strategic acumen of a four-year-old in a fight on a pre-school playground."

[Miles Archer]

David Rothkopf, a columnist at The Daily Beast, argued in a new column on Sunday that Trump's decision to impose a retaliatory blockade on the Strait of Hormuz showed the president is operating with the "strategic acumen of a four-year-old in a fight on a pre-school playground."

The Iranian regime has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz in response to the U.S. and Israel launching a coordinated bombing campaign across Iran in late February. The closure has sent global energy prices skyrocketing.

"He is undoubtedly the most powerful idiot in the history of the world," Rothkopf wrote.

"Both his idiocy and his power are unparalleled. On the latter point, his position as president and commander-in-chief of the most dominant, potent nation confirms that no idiot since the beginning of time has ever been in a position to do so much damage to so many people as a consequence of his idiocy," he added.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2676704182/

[dalton99a]

1. The fucking moron is not known for his IQ

[tanyev]

2. A four year old who has always gotten what he wanted by yelling and throwing tantrums.

[Bluetus]

3. And Trump's solution is to parade our ships in front of Iran's missile batteries

daring them to take out one of our ships, so that ...?

What happens then? We start bombing randomly again? What does that accomplish, other than giving Netanyahu a boner?

The thing is, Iran can wait. They aren't going anywhere. The US eventually has to leave the strait.

If Trump had not pissed off the rest of the world, then there might be 30 nations willing to take part in a show of unity to keep the Strait open.

[Miles Archer]

4. The only saving grace is that I think Iran knows Trump is insane, so they're not jumping at the bait

The other part of this is that everything that's wrong with Iran is STILL wrong with Iran, so the global community isn't exactly rushing in to give them hugs, BUT...Iran sees that the global community is saying "You did an end run around Congress, AND US, so you got yourself INTO it, now get yourself OUT."

If it weren't for those "extenuating circumstances" I think I'd be wetting myself every hour on the hour.

Of course, that also means that since Trump isn't consulting with anyone other than the voices in his own head, he could pull just about anything before it was too late for anyone to do anything about it.

He's insane.

It's that simple.

He's insane and not fit for office and Republicans are TERRIFIED OF HIM, so they'll just whistle past this particular graveyard.

[Blue Owl]

5. Has he tried the holding-his-breath-until-they-cave tactic yet?