Iran was going to let ships through if they paid a toll, so now the USA has decided to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, ensuring that no ships can get through. So the world has to run out of fuel and fertilizer thanks to Trump's ego and greed. And none of this would have happened if Trump hadn't attacked Iran just as they were about to agree to a deal. Trump is an enemy of the world. He has to go.

[–] belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 3 points 13 hours ago

Every asshole that said "yes" to him and is "just following orders" is complicit and also need to go. That includes other countries as well. He keeps being allowed to do this shit because everyone keeps telling him yes

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 7 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Trump is just the front man.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 0 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah I know. Still, a different imperial asshole wouldn't be this particular asshole.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 hours ago

In a way, I find it preferable because he pulls back the curtain and shows the empire for what it really is. A more slick imperial asshole might've actually been smart enough to sell these atrocities in a way that western public would accept.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 0 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

He is still pretty key.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 hours ago

He acts as an accelerant to be sure, but same direction of travel would've been happening without him.

[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 4 points 15 hours ago

stop pretending this is an isolated event of a bad apple, this is west without a mask, this are your values and morals, this is what it represents, rape, pillaging, destruction, murder, hunger, this is the true face of it all

[–] orc_princess@lemmy.ml 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

This issue goes beyond Trump

[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world -2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I agree having black mail on a president let's foreign leaders control him.

[–] Jentu@lemmy.ml 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Why do foreign leaders need to be pulling the strings for the US to do what it always has done? Seems like that framing is trying to deflect responsibility from the US.

[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world -2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

No its responsibility for everyone involved in the US you think having Israeli government officials in the Epstein files is a weird coincidence? They probably raped children together to reinforce their diplomatic ties.

[–] Jentu@lemmy.ml 1 points 12 hours ago

That doesn't mean that Israel controls the actions of the US. It just means they have similar interests. If the US wasn't fully supportive of these war crimes, they could stop providing weapons, funding, and intelligence to Israel. Hell, they could even instigate a coup and abduct Netanyahu and Ben-Gvir. Trump plays a convenient fall-guy for the empire but they won't get rid of him so long as he's useful. Should these wars end horribly for the capitalists in the US, getting rid of trump (likely with the epstein files as the reason) serves to reinforce people's shared belief that the US has bad individuals, but the system itself is fine since it can remove bad individuals. No need to consider that this system creates people like Trump, then puts them into power when necessary.