#Trump is clearly trying to save face after failing to crack the Strait of Hormuz by hyping these “alternatives.” But can they really reroute that massive oil volume? Absolutely not. Overland pipelines and trucking simply can’t match the sheer scale of maritime throughput.
Iranians and Americans may be on opposite sides of a political conflict, but ordinary people on both sides are paying for the same strategy.
Iranians through sanctions and economic pressure. Americans now through record fuel prices and rising living costs.
The people did not design this foreign policy, but they are the ones paying for it.
That may be the clearest common ground between them.
Tanker rates in the Gulf have surged sixfold.
Daily rates have reached around $650,000 more than 6× January levels and nearly 3× early September.
Even as oil flows recover, security risks, limited capacity and rerouting keep Gulf exports expensive.
Tanker rates in the Gulf have surged sixfold.
Daily rates have reached around $650,000 more than 6× January levels and nearly 3× early September.
Even as oil flows recover, security risks, limited capacity and rerouting keep Gulf exports expensive.
Tanker rates in the Gulf have surged sixfold.
Daily rates have reached around $650,000 more than 6× January levels and nearly 3× early September.
Even as oil flows recover, security risks, limited capacity and rerouting keep Gulf exports expensive.
Disrupting this chokepoint isn't just an economic hit; it's a #power play to show who can paralyze global energy. It’s a preemptive move to box in rivals and lock down regional dominance. Ultimately, controlling strategic routes is the best leverage to contain adversaries and force them to back down before things escalate.
Tanker rates in the Gulf have surged sixfold.
Daily rates have reached around $650,000 more than 6× January levels and nearly 3× early September.
Even as oil flows recover, security risks, limited capacity and rerouting keep Gulf exports expensive.
Disrupting this chokepoint isn't just an economic hit; it's a #power play to show who can paralyze global energy. It’s a preemptive move to box in rivals and lock down regional dominance. Ultimately, controlling strategic routes is the best leverage to contain adversaries and force them to back down before things escalate.
Disrupting this chokepoint isn't just an economic hit; it's a #power play to show who can paralyze global energy. It’s a preemptive move to box in rivals and lock down regional dominance. Ultimately, controlling strategic routes is the best leverage to contain adversaries and force them to back down before things escalate.
Disrupting this chokepoint isn't just an economic hit; it's a #power play to show who can paralyze global energy. It’s a preemptive move to box in rivals and lock down regional dominance. Ultimately, controlling strategic routes is the best leverage to contain adversaries and force them to back down before things escalate.
Disrupting this chokepoint isn't just an economic hit; it's a #power play to show who can paralyze global energy. It’s a preemptive move to box in rivals and lock down regional dominance. Ultimately, controlling strategic routes is the best leverage to contain adversaries and force them to back down before things escalate.
Disrupting this chokepoint isn't just an economic hit; it's a #power play to show who can paralyze global energy. It’s a preemptive move to box in rivals and lock down regional dominance. Ultimately, controlling strategic routes is the best leverage to contain adversaries and force them to back down before things escalate.
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Perfect snapshot of the Middle East! Blocking energy chokepoints isn't just economics; it's a massive power play to show who runs the show. Everyone else just gets boxed in and reduced to bystanders😏🤐
Disrupting this chokepoint isn't just an economic hit; it's a #power play to show who can paralyze global energy. It’s a preemptive move to box in rivals and lock down regional dominance. Ultimately, controlling strategic routes is the best leverage to contain adversaries and force them to back down before things escalate.
Disrupting this chokepoint isn't just an economic hit; it's a #power play to show who can paralyze global energy. It’s a preemptive move to box in rivals and lock down regional dominance. Ultimately, controlling strategic routes is the best leverage to contain adversaries and force them to back down before things escalate.
#Trump isn't just talking about a material tech rivalry. He's using discourse to reconstruct China as America's "Other." By calling the AI race a "two horse contest" and rejecting shared norms with Beijing, he's turning a technological rivalry into a deeper ideational clash.
#Trump isn't just talking about a material tech rivalry. He's using discourse to reconstruct China as America's "Other." By calling the AI race a "two horse contest" and rejecting shared norms with Beijing, he's turning a technological rivalry into a deeper ideational clash.
#Trump isn't just talking about a material tech rivalry. He's using discourse to reconstruct China as America's "Other." By calling the AI race a "two horse contest" and rejecting shared norms with Beijing, he's turning a technological rivalry into a deeper ideational clash.
#Trump isn't just talking about a material tech rivalry. He's using discourse to reconstruct China as America's "Other." By calling the AI race a "two horse contest" and rejecting shared norms with Beijing, he's turning a technological rivalry into a deeper ideational clash.
🇮🇶 Iraq wasn’t about WMDs. It was about oil.
🇱🇾 Libya wasn’t about democracy. It was about oil.
🇸🇾 Syria wasn’t just about chemical weapons. It was about power, energy routes and oil.
🇻🇪 Venezuela isn’t about drugs. It has the world’s largest oil reserves.
🇮🇷 Iran isn’t just about nukes. It’s about oil, strategic power and Israel.
🇿🇦 South Africa isn’t about “white genocide.” It’s about diamonds and its case against Israel.
🇳🇬 Nigeria isn’t about Christians. It’s about oil.
🇨🇩 Congo isn’t about peace. It’s about cobalt, copper, gold and strategic minerals.
Different countries, different excuses.
Whenever strategic resources are at stake, “democracy,” “security,” “terrorism” and “international law” suddenly become urgent.