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@HealthRanger Somebody doesn’t understand the difference between refined oil for gas and crude, which is what is shipped. Thanks for the pointless post.

Yes, it's fake news about a new wave of "empty tankers" headed to the USA because of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Typical White House propaganda. Empty tankers are always empty on one leg -- that's just how shipping works. Oil tankers travel loaded in one direction and empty ("in ballast") in the other. There is nothing unusual about empty tankers appearing on a map at any given moment. Seeing "empty" tankers on an AIS map is normal — it means nothing without knowing their actual destinations. The tonne-mile problem: The US Gulf is ~9,000–10,000 nautical miles from Asia — roughly 50–60% farther than the Persian Gulf. Asian countries (China, Japan, South Korea) consume the vast majority of Persian Gulf oil. Rerouting to the US would be enormously expensive in tonne-miles, freight costs, and time. It's not something a refinery would choose lightly. More than 400 oil-laden tankers and dozens of LNG/LPG carriers remain anchored outside the Persian Gulf, awaiting signals for passage, meaning ships were stuck trying to get out of the Gulf, not racing to fill up in America. The US itself is a net oil exporter. Even if demand for US crude increased due to the Hormuz closure, the first new American oil refinery in nearly fifty years is under development in Brownsville, Texas, and won't be operational for years -- meaning infrastructure bottlenecks limit how quickly the US could actually scale up to replace Persian Gulf supply. The "121 tankers" story comes from counting empty (ballast) tankers on a shipping map near the US -- something that happens every single day regardless of what's happening in the Persian Gulf. The people promoting this as some sort of Trump "victory" are truly retarded.

@ivan_8848 Bla! It’s all about China. It’s about cutting off Chinese influence outside of APaC.

🚨'US has become the pirate of the world' — Jiang Xueqin 🚨The US intentionally sabotages global energy markets to force Europe and Asia to buy American oil, desperately trying to save the petrodollar. 🚨"America used to be the policeman of the world. Now it's become the pirate. In the short term, the strategy works. In the long term, the world will unify against this piracy."

@smurfypappa An interesting viewpoint and has some truth to it.What you’re missing is that China actually wants to be a military super power.What they’ve realized over the course of the last 6 months is that they cannot compete militarily with the US. They are having to rethink the strategy

Ben bir şey fark ettim. Çin'in müttefiklerine bakın. Rusya yaptırım altında. Ukrayna ile savaş halinde. İran bombalanıyor. Lideri öldürüldü. Hürmüz krizi devam ediyor. Venezuela'da Maduro yakalandı. Petrolü ABD kontrolüne geçti. Kuşak Yol Projesi İran üzerinden geçiyordu. O hat şu an bombalanıyor. Çin'in enerji kaynaklarının %20'si İran ve Venezuela'dan geliyordu. İkisi de devre dışı. Çin'in BRICS ortakları baskı altında. Çin'in ticaret yolları kesiliyor. Çin'in enerji hatları kesiliyor. Çin'in müttefikleri teker teker zayıflıyor. Ama Çin'e doğrudan dokunulmadı. Savaş yok. Bomba yok. Sadece tarife. Bu tablo size bir şey hatırlatıyor mu? Anlatıyorum. 1941. İkinci Dünya Savaşı'nın hemen öncesi. Japonya yükseliyordu. Asya'da güçleniyordu. ABD için tehdit oluşturuyordu. ABD ne yaptı? Japonya'ya doğrudan saldırmadı. Önce müttefiklerini ve kaynaklarını kesti. Temmuz 1941'de ABD Japonya'ya petrol ihracatını yasakladı. Japonya petrolünün %80'inden fazlasını ABD'den alıyordu. Bir gecede ana enerji kaynağı kesildi. Aynı anda İngiltere ve Hollanda da Japonya'ya petrol satışını durdurdu. ABD'nin baskısıyla. Japonya'nın Güneydoğu Asya'daki ticaret yollarına baskı uygulandı. Japonya'nın müttefikleri izole edildi. Sonuç: Japonya'nın ordusunda 12 aylık, donanmasında 18 aylık yakıt kaldı. Japonya iki seçenekle karşı karşıya kaldı. Ya geri çekil, tüm işgal ettiğin topraklardan çık, ABD'nin şartlarını kabul et. Ya da savaş. Japonya savaşı seçti. Pearl Harbor'a saldırdı. Aralık 1941. Ama dikkat edin. ABD Japonya'ya ilk bombayı atmadı. Önce enerji hattını kesti. Müttefiklerini baskı altına aldı. Ticaret yollarını kapattı. Japonya'yı köşeye sıkıştırdı. Japonya köşeye sıkışınca savaş kaçınılmaz oldu. Şimdi bugüne bakın. Çin'in enerji hatlarına ne oluyor? Venezuela hattı kesildi. Maduro yakalandı. Günde 800 bin varil petrol Çin'e gidiyordu. O hat kapandı. İran hattı kesildi. Savaş başladı. Günde 1.5 milyon varil Çin'e gidiyordu. Hürmüz krizi devam ediyor. Rusya hattı baskı altında. Yaptırımlar sıkılaştırılıyor. Çin tükettiği petrolün %73'ünü ithal ediyor. Kendi üretimi yetmiyor. Dünyanın en büyük motoru enerji ithal etmek zorunda. O enerjinin geldiği hatlar teker teker kesiliyor. Çin'in ticaret yollarına ne oluyor? Kuşak Yol Projesi'nin Ortadoğu ayağı İran üzerinden geçiyordu. Pekin'den Avrupa'ya uzanan kara ticaret ağının kritik bağlantı noktası İran'dı. O bağlantı noktası şu an savaş bölgesi. Demiryolları, boru hatları, liman bağlantıları. Hepsi risk altında. Çin'in müttefiklerine ne oluyor? Rusya Ukrayna'da savaşıyor. Kaynakları eriyor. Batı yaptırımları devam ediyor. İran bombalanıyor. Altyapısı zarar görüyor. Ekonomisi baskı altında. Venezuela ABD kontrolünde. Maduro tutuklu. Petrol artık ABD'nin. Pakistan arabulucu rolünde ama hareket alanı sınırlı. Kuzey Kore izole. Çin'in yakın müttefiklerinin tamamı aynı anda baskı altında. Ama Çin'e dokunulmadı. Doğrudan savaş yok. Bomba yok. İşgal yok. Sadece %145 tarife. Şöyle düşünün. Bir ağacı kesmek istiyorsunuz. Ama ağaç çok büyük. Doğrudan kesemezsiniz. Ne yaparsınız? Önce dallarını budarsınız. Köklerine su gitmesin diye etrafını kazarsınız. Güneş almasın diye çevresini kapatırsınız. Ağaç hala ayakta durur. Ama her gün biraz daha zayıflar. Dallar: Müttefikler. Rusya, İran, Venezuela. Teker teker budanıyor. Kökler: Enerji hatları. Venezuela, İran, Hürmüz. Teker teker kesiliyor. Güneş: Ticaret yolları. Kuşak Yol, Hürmüz geçişi. Teker teker kapatılıyor. Ağaç hala ayakta. Çin hala dünyanın ikinci büyük ekonomisi. Hala üretim devi. Hala güçlü. Ama dalları budanıyor. Kökleri kuruyor. Etrafı kapatılıyor. 1941'de ABD Japonya'ya aynı şeyi yaptı. Önce petrolü kesti. Sonra müttefiklerini baskıladı. Sonra ticaret yollarını kapattı. Japonya köşeye sıkışınca saldırdı. Pearl Harbor. Çin köşeye sıkışırsa ne yapar? Japonya gibi saldırır mı? Yoksa sabreder mi? Çin'in Japonya'dan bir farkı var. Çin tarihten ders çıkarıyor. Japonya 1941'de sabırsızdı. Saldırdı. Kaybetti. Çin 2026'da sabırlı. Savaşmıyor. İnşa ediyor. Yuan'ı yayıyor. Altın biriktiriyor. Hürmüz'de yuan ile ticaret yapıyor. Afrika'da altyapı kuruyor. mBridge ile dolar alternatifi oluşturuyor. ABD dalları budarken Çin yeni kökler salıyor. Soru şu: ABD dalları Çin'in yeni kök salma hızından daha hızlı budayabilir mi? Eğer evet: Çin zayıflar. ABD hegemonyası devam eder. Eğer hayır: Çin dayanır. ABD yorulur. Ve güç dengesi değişir. 1941'de Japonya 18 aylık yakıtı vardı. Sabredemedi. 2026'da Çin'in ne kadar sabrı var? Bu sorunun cevabı önümüzdeki dönemi belirleyecek.

@Rep_Stansbury @Rep_Stansbury is working hard to rank up there with AOC, Hirona, Goldman and Watters as the stupidest member of Congress. Congrats Rep, your hard work is paying off.

As someone who worked in the Executive Office of the President for a number of years—let me assure you, there are no DoorDash deliveries to the West Wing.

@Rep_Stansbury If the President asks for a door dash to be delivered to the West wing…guess what nimrod…a door dash gets delivered to the west wing. Duh

@shanaka86 The blockade doesn’t start until 10:00am EST today dumbass.

JUST IN: She turned around. Then she came back. At 10:00 a.m. Eastern on April 13, CENTCOM’s blockade of Iranian ports went live. Within twenty minutes, the Rich Starry, a laden oil and chemical tanker heading through the Strait of Hormuz, executed a U-turn confirmed by MarineTraffic AIS. The blockade had its first deterrence success. The ship that flinched became the headline. Then she recalculated. And she came back through. Her AIS is live right now. I am looking at it. RICH STARRY. Oil/Chemical Tanker. Malawi flag. Departed Sharjah Anchorage, UAE, at 10:10 UTC+4 on April 13. Destination field reads four words that every CENTCOM watch officer, every shipping analyst, and every intelligence service on earth can see in the clear: CHINA OWNER&CREW. Speed 14.8 knots. Course 201 degrees. Draught 11.3 meters, laden. Underway using engine. Position: Gulf of Oman, south of Bandar-e Jask, past the strait, past the blockade, heading for China. Estimated arrival May 13. This vessel is OFAC-sanctioned. Designated in 2023 as Full Star for transporting Iranian petroleum. Re-designated February 25, 2026 under the shadow-fleet package. Linked to Shanghai Xuanrun. Flying a Malawi flag of convenience. And she just transited the Strait of Hormuz under live American naval enforcement while broadcasting her Chinese ownership on an open channel. The blockade did not stop her. And the reason exposes the precise architecture of what this enforcement can and cannot reach. CENTCOM’s scope states the blockade targets vessels entering or exiting Iranian ports. It “will not impede freedom of navigation for vessels transiting to and from non-Iranian ports.” The Rich Starry departed Sharjah, UAE. Under the published rules, her transit was technically exempt. She sailed through the gap between what the President said and what the military published. The IRGC toll system does not care about CENTCOM’s scoping. The five-tier vetting applies to vessels transiting the strait regardless of origin. The $1 per barrel quote is issued. The Bitcoin or yuan clears in seconds. The VHF passcode is transmitted. Whether the Rich Starry paid cannot be confirmed on-chain for this specific vessel. But the toll infrastructure was active, the escort system was operational, and the vessel that passed through it is now heading to China at near-maximum speed with her ownership declared to the entire maritime world. The blockade is working on the compliant fleet. Traffic has dropped to 7 to 11 vessels per day from a pre-crisis norm of 140. That is a 93 percent reduction. Ships with insurance, flag-state registration, and Western port access are turning around. The deterrence is real. But the shadow fleet does not carry insurance, does not need Western port access, does not recognize flag-state accountability. It is already sanctioned, already uninsured, already outside the system the blockade enforces. For these vessels the marginal cost of defiance is zero because every penalty has already been applied. The Rich Starry flinched on the first attempt. She recalculated on the second. And she told the world exactly who sent her by writing it in her AIS destination field for every tracker on earth to read. CHINA OWNER&CREW. Not hidden. Not encrypted. Not denied. Declared. The blockade sorted the strait. The compliant ships are heading to American ports. The shadow fleet is heading to Chinese ports. And the IRGC is collecting tolls from both directions while the 7 percent that defies the blockade carries the 80 percent of Iranian oil that funds the regime. open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…

@DanielLDavis1 When a class of people are labeled as Terrorists, then there is legal authority to kill. You should know better as a combat Vet

This is just adding to the future trial of senior American officials. There is no law in America, no constitutional authorization, and no international law that allows countries to execute people in boats because they are *alleged* to be running drugs. Transiting drugs is definitely against international law and American law, and there are rules and requirements and methods on the books that allows us to justly go after them. Executing people alleged to be running drugs without any due diligence or proof, is not on the option list. It is deeply distressing that the America I used to know, the one that was governed by the rule of law, now at the government level so brazenly violates laws and morality, because it truly is proud of being in the “law of the jungle,“ and considers ourselves as the lion of that jungle, above rules and regulations. But as I often say, those who cheer this on, need to be very careful about what they do. Today, the target of extrajudicial punishment is somebody you may not know and do not like. But tomorrow, you may be of the wrong category, or on the wrong side of someone’s preference in Washington DC, and you or one of your family members may suddenly find yourselves in the crosshairs. And there will be no one to come to your aid then.

@abdulslam2017 Congratulations! You get an A for the day. Finally someone who understands Trumps ability to win. Although Mr Saleh misses the broader and bigger point. Trump has pulverized China and the Global strategy without a single shot fired. That’s power through strength.

🚨 From "Regime Change" Illusions to "Naval Piracy": How Trump Betrays Gulf Wisdom! 🇺🇸🏴‍☠️ ​Anyone who understands Trump’s mindset knows he is a man of "deals and investments," even with war cards, and even at the expense of his so-called allies. ​After failing to drag the Gulf, Turkey, and Pakistan into a regional war, and facing a firm rejection from NATO and Europe, Trump staged a fake "two-week ceasefire" to appear as a man of peace. In reality, he was preparing for a "war-language investment." His delegation fled negotiations under the pretext of "Iranian stubbornness" to launch his true scheme. ​Now, he initiates a naval operation in Hormuz, claiming to stop Iranian "tolls." The cold truth: he is strangling the Gulf’s lifeline—causing tens of billions in daily losses—to force the world to buy "looted Venezuelan oil" rebranded as American. ​Trump ignores threats to regional energy hubs because high prices serve his "stolen inventory." Don't be fooled by media plays about U.S. domestic gas prices; behind the scenes, this is pure Trumpist Piracy—choking global veins to sell his looted goods at the highest price! ⚠️⚓

@MarcoFoster_ @ananavarro Ana Navarro is mentally ill

Ana Navarro on Trump: “His disapproval ratings are at 61%. Gas price in New York at $6. The stock market in complete chaos. His wife showing up for a random statement on Jeffrey Epstein. His European bestie Viktor Orban he lost in a landslide. The Iran peace talks fell apart. While all of that was happening, he was in Miami watching a UFC fight”

@mehdirhasan Says one who continues to spout false allogations against a President, who lost his gig, lost his audience and is now living a shell of an existence. Pound your Islamic sand

A reminder that this is how politics - and shame - is supposed to work. A politician is accused of major scandals, crimes!, and their party disowns them and they are forced out not just from a race from but from public life. You’re not supposed to re-elect them to the presidency.

@HeidiOCanada @DoorDash That’s about as ignorant and foolish as one can get. What a dumbass

I’ve been ordering @DoorDash for years. Years and years. Today, I deleted their app. There are other delivery services that don’t pander to a pedophile. Fuck DoorDash and that bullshit PR scam with Trump.

@KEVINMAGA2024 Lest we forget…Iran is responsible for killing hundreds of thousands over the last 50 years and was seeking a nuclear bomb. One that with their missile system program could reach Rome. Iran doesn’t like the Pope, or Christianity for that matter. They want to kill infidels 🤔

I’m sick and tired of people attacking the Pope simply for calling for peace and speaking out against war and destruction. For God’s sake, if the Pope won’t urge an end to senseless wars, who will? Do we really expect Lindsey Graham or Ted Cruz to do it? We’ve lost our moral compass and our sanity just to appease the warmongers, the bloodthirsty, and the corrupt elites who care only about the profits they can make and the supremacy they can assert. God help us all.

@EmmanuelMacron As if you matter😂😂😂

Je me suis entretenu hier avec le Président iranien Massoud Pezeshkian, ainsi qu'avec le Président américain Donald Trump. J’ai appelé à reprendre les négociations interrompues à Islamabad, à clarifier les malentendus, et éviter de nouvelles phases d'escalade. Il est essentiel en particulier que le cessez-le-feu soit strictement respecté par tous, et qu'il inclue le Liban. Il est tout aussi important que soit rouvert le détroit d’Ormuz, de manière inconditionnelle, sans contrôles ni péages, dans les plus brefs délais. À ces conditions, les négociations devraient pouvoir reprendre rapidement, avec le soutien des principales parties prenantes. La France et le Royaume-Uni accueilleront par ailleurs ce vendredi, à Paris, une conférence qui réunira en visioconférence des pays non-belligérants prêts à contribuer à nos côtés à une mission multilatérale et purement défensive, destinée à restaurer la liberté de navigation dans le détroit lorsque les conditions de sécurité le permettront.

@JamesMelville Apparently, according to some, Donald Trump is a delusional narcissist that treats the world as a business deal. Most of these people are TDS mental patients. Many don’t even live in the US. And all of them don’t recognize what Trump has done. He has pulverized China without war

Apparently, according to some, Donald Trump is a 5D chess strategist and a messiah who will drain the swamp, bring down the entire system and is using the Israeli government as a pawn to expose them. It’s absolutely crackers. The reality is that he’s just a greedy, vainglorious, sleazy narcissist who treats the entire planet as a business deal.

@JimFergusonUK 😂😂😂

🚨 CHINA RESPONDS — “A WALL OF STEEL” President Xi Jinping issues a clear warning: China will not be intimidated. China will not be pressured. China will not back down. “Anyone who attempts to bully us will collide with a wall of steel forged by 1.4 billion people.” This isn’t diplomatic language— It’s a message. Strength. Resolve. Defiance. As tensions rise in the Gulf— The world’s second superpower is now speaking directly. Because when China steps in— The stakes don’t just rise. They change completely. Watch this closely.

@D4Imperius @ricwe123 😂😂. How many trios to China have you made? There are very clean cities that have been built…that are empty!The country is in economic ruin. You can go ahead and keep reading Communist manifestos and Chinese messaging. I will rely on facts and historical outcomes of Communism

@Dmacmill5 @ricwe123 Yeah, one can see the difference when watching videos about American cities vs. China, or take a 'trip' with 'Joe and Nick road trip' in interior of America and 'rust belt' compared to the Chinese industrial ecosystem, and let's not talk about crime. Indeed, who's pounding sand?

China isn’t an enemy. It’s simply a competitor of the US and now the leading economic power. Why? China didn’t waste trillions on endless stupid wars. They invested in innovation, manufacturing and education. US politicians hate China’s success because it makes them look like clowns.... 🤡🤡 (Matthew Whitaker, US Ambassador to NATO)

@d_bantu @asymmetricmind @En_chinaNews @GlobalIJournal We can get our own, we can get from Australia and now from Venezuela. China doesn’t have the only rare earths, they just mine for it.

@Dmacmill5 @asymmetricmind @En_chinaNews @GlobalIJournal How about another freeze on rare earth flow from China, that’s gonna sting quite a bit.

🇨🇳 President Xi Jinping: The Chinese people have never bullied, oppressed, or enslaved the people of other countries, not in the past, nor in the present, and will never do so in the future. In contrast, the Chinese people will not allow any foreign forces to oppress, enslave, or suppress them. Anyone who tries will collide with a wall of steel built from the blood and flesh of 1.4 billion Chinese people, and will suffer defeat and destruction.”

@OlaedoIgbo @RCan0114 @En_chinaNews 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@Dmacmill5 @RCan0114 @En_chinaNews Listen stop making noise. China is far more powerful than the US both militarily and economically. Stop living in the past, things have changed. China isn't a trouble maker unlike the United States but that doesn't mean China is weak. US can't defeat China.

@OlaedoIgbo @dMintegra @En_chinaNews Ukraine did not get Patriot batteries. They did not get any of US current weapons systems.

@Dmacmill5 @dMintegra @En_chinaNews The air defence & weapons supplied to Ukraine by the US of which 90% were DESTROYED by the Russians did so well right? You guys are just bloody braggarts that think you are better and stronger than others. You couldn't even defeat Iran decisively & you think u can fight China?

@AndyBeshearKY He’s your President. And he’s a damn good one. He gets shit done. He pisses off every single Democrat. He owns you

Last week, the president threatened to end a civilization. Now, he's attacking the Pope and posting an image of himself as Jesus. Not American. Not Christian. Not presidential.