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Hopewell Chin’ono

@daddyhope

Award winning Journalist| Film Maker |2 Time African Journalist of The Year | Nieman Fellow| #100MostInfluentialAfricans 2022 | Email [email protected]

World Citizen🇿🇼 🇿🇦 🇬🇧 Katılım Eylül 2009
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Amock_@Amockx2022·
THIS IS SO HILARIOUS 😭😭 🇺🇸 Pete Hegseth –– "President Trump made history and forced Iran to beg for ceasefire" How can someone lie with so much shamelessness? 😂
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@Zimbabwetech So how could they have a bomb in a few weeks when all their nuclear facilities were obliterated?🤣🤣🤣
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Zimbabwe Technology@Zimbabwetech·
@daddyhope Read to understand, he said its 'nuclear dust' which hasnt been touched, nuclear dust came about as a result of their nuclear materials exploding (after being bombed). Nuclear dust was as a result of the bombing and destruction of their uranium stockpile. I had to say it twice😂
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Hopewell Chin’ono@daddyhope·
It is very hard, and frankly comical, to be a Donald Trump supporter. He repeatedly embarrasses those who back him. He started the reckless war with Iran on the claim that he wanted to destroy its nuclear programme, insisting that Iran was only weeks or months away from developing a nuclear weapon. Then, in June 2025, he declared that the programme had been “obliterated” and that there was no longer any nuclear threat from Iran. Now he is saying that after those same bombings on 2025, Iran’s nuclear material was not even touched. So what exactly was this war about? That is why we said from the beginning that this war was reckless and pointless, with no clear or coherent objective, driven more by his alignment with Benjamin Netanyahu than by any credible strategic goal. It exposes inconsistency, poor judgement, and a lack of seriousness in decision-making at the highest level. Before the war, Iran was under heavy sanctions and did not control the Strait of Hormuz or restrict global shipping through it. The conflict has instead heightened tensions in the region, destabilised energy markets, and contributed to rising global fuel prices, which in turn drive inflation worldwide. What we are seeing is not strength, but the consequences of ill-considered decisions that have made an already volatile situation even more unpredictable. Today, Iran is no longer under oil sanctions, which were lifted as part of ongoing negotiations during the war after the closure of the Strait of Hormuz backfired by driving oil prices sharply higher. In order to allow the flow of oil and tame the rising oil prices, the United States was forced into concessions. Today, Iran exercises significant control over the Strait of Hormuz, managing passage under military oversight and proposing transit fees for ships. The war has actually created problems that were not there before it was started. Talk about an incompetent and daft leader, all rolled into one and found in the White House.
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Hopewell Chin’ono@daddyhope·
You know, I like watching how you try to play fast and loose with facts. I respond to you because it helps me address others who may be spreading similar misleading claims without me having to read all of them individually. Here is the chief negotiator in the Iran–United States talks that were taking place when Donald Trump launched his reckless war at the instigation of Benjamin Netanyahu. He is the Foreign Minister of Oman, Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi. Oman sits along the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway shared territorially with Iran. The demands you are referring to had already been agreed to by Iran. It agreed not to stockpile or accumulate material that could be used to make a nuclear bomb, and it also agreed to full and comprehensive inspections of all its nuclear sites by international bodies. Rather than waste time with lengthy text, listen to the chief negotiator who was speaking on America’s Face the Nation and see for yourself how wrong you are.
Tendai@tendaim65

@daddyhope It's funny you keep pretending not to know what the war is about to avoid accidentally revealing who has gained or lost in this conflict. These 3 demands made to iran before the war started explain the entire conflict,its trajectory and who achieved something here.

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justice mashoko@Emmanuelthat12·
@daddyhope Why do l feel you are avoiding our story here? Hatingamhanye kunodzinga mosquito kunext door mumba medu mune nyoka. I know US policies affect ,the world but we have a country which is about to be registered as a private property here.
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Hopewell Chin’ono@daddyhope·
My brother, I know you are so pro-Western that it is sometimes a waste of time trying to get you to see things logically because of that bias. But let me correct a few things you have got wrong for the benefit of your followers. The video below completely debunks your claim that America went in to deal with an Iranian nuclear threat in this war. The video below is from June 2025, when Donald Trump declared that he had obliterated Iran’s ability to obtain a nuclear weapon forever using B2s to bomb Iranian nuclear sites. So tell us, was Donald Trump lying in 2025, or was he lying in 2026 when he started this reckless and pointless war? You cannot be telling the truth in both versions because the two claims do not sit together. You cannot say a threat was permanently destroyed and then later speak as if the same threat still justified further action. You cannot have your cake and eat it. Secondly, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, which you are crediting to Trump, is not a result of American threats. It followed direct mediation by Pakistan. Pakistan’s leadership, including Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, made an urgent diplomatic plea that helped de-escalate tensions and paved the way for the Strait to be reopened. I know it is very difficult for you to accept that a non-Western leader has managed to bring everyone to the table. To you, it must always be the threats by Donald Trump because of your pro-Western bias. That is why it is hard for you to acknowledge that a non-Western leader achieved something positive through diplomacy. This outcome had nothing to do with the threats you are talking about. It was the result of diplomatic engagement, not coercion, and that is a fact you are struggling to accept that a non-Western actor got a result. More importantly, the Strait of Hormuz was open to everyone, including America, before the war even began. So for you to now credit the war with “opening” the Strait is a clear failure to analyse events and think critically. You cannot claim credit for restoring something that was never closed in the first place. What you are doing is rewriting a pre-existing reality to fit a political narrative. And the reason you keep doing this is because your well known pro-Western bias does not allow you to accept facts, even when they are plainly in front of you. One has to experience a total shutdown of critical thinking to refuse to accept that Iran has emerged from this conflict in a stronger strategic position than it was before. Before the war, Iran did not control the Strait of Hormuz, it did not charge ships passing through it, and it did not determine which countries could use it. It did not have that level of leverage. But today, its influence over that corridor has clearly increased as a direct consequence of the reckless decisions made by Donald Trump, heavily influenced by Benjamin Netanyahu. At the same time, Iran still retains its drone programme and its ballistic missile capability, both of which we were told would be destroyed. They have not been destroyed. We were also told there would be regime change. The regime remains intact and firmly in place. So let us deal with outcomes, not delusions. America set out objectives that included eliminating strategic capabilities and fundamentally weakening the Iranian state. Those objectives have not been achieved. Iran, on the other hand, had a far simpler objective, just survival. The regime remains in power, and in geopolitical terms, that alone constitutes success. Before the war Iran was under sanctions, those sanctions are now gone. You can argue all you want, but outcomes do not lie.
Tendai@tendaim65

@daddyhope You say Iran's strong "strategically" yet ignore how it was forced to open the strait(proof of concept),u ignore effects of bombing on the 3 programs DT wanted disabled&u pretend regime change wasn't a 4th goal, to be done by iranians. This creates a false reality for ur readers

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Hopewell Chin’ono@daddyhope·
The war was reckless and unnecessary. It has left Iran in a stronger strategic position than it was before the conflict began. At the same time, it has exposed deep contradictions and weaknesses in American leadership and decision-making at the highest level. Despite bold claims of “total and complete victory” by Donald Trump, there is clear evidence of confusion, shifting narratives, and contradictions within his administration about what has actually been achieved. His rhetoric throughout the war, including inflammatory and erratic public statements, has drawn sharp criticism even from American politicians, some of whom described his conduct as “unhinged” and dangerous. Which it is!!! What this reveals is not strength, but inconsistency and a lack of clear strategic direction. The stated objectives of the war, including regime change and decisive military dominance, have not been realised. Instead, the outcome has been a prolonged conflict, global instability and inflation, and a repositioning of Iran as a more assertive regional actor which handled America, Israel and damaged America’s military bases in the Middle East. It has therefore exposed what many critics have long argued, that Donald Trump makes grand claims that are not matched by coherent strategy or consistent execution. The gap between rhetoric and reality has been one of the defining features of this conflict. The war has left Iran in a stronger strategic position than it was before the conflict began, with increased leverage over critical global energy routes such as the Strait of Hormuz, which it has used to exert pressure on the international system. It has also exposed the limits of American power, and humiliated America as a super power, and it has exposed what many have already known that Donald Trump is a buffoon who lies and has no capacity to run a country let alone run a super power like America. Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, made a bold pronouncement at the start of the war that its objective was regime change, to remove the existing leadership in Iran and replace it with an alternative, linked to figures linked to the son of the former Shah/ruler. That objective has not been achieved. The Iranian system remains intact and firmly in control. Iran’s stated objective, by contrast, was far more limited, to survive the assault and preserve the regime. That objective has been achieved. Therefore, in logical and rational terms, Iran has won the war.
Brian Krassenstein@krassenstein

So let me get this straight… •$40 billion spent •300+ Americans wounded •Over a dozen killed •Oil prices doubled •U.S. bases severely damaged And what do we get? Iran keeps its uranium. No nuclear deal. The Strait of Hormuz still unstable. And the world sees us as weaker, not stronger. Sounds about right for a Trump deal.

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Please stop insulting people and trying to impose your limited knowledge and ignorance on others. South Africa’s continued access to the Strait of Hormuz is critically important because it depends heavily on energy imports from Gulf producers such as Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, whose shipments must pass through this narrow chokepoint. Any disruption to that route would immediately drive up fuel costs, strain supply chains, and push inflation higher, affecting everything from transport to food prices in South Africa. Safe passage through Hormuz helps stabilise South Africa’s economy, protects its energy security, and prevents shocks that would disproportionately hurt ordinary South African citizens already dealing with high living costs since the reckless and senseless war started. A significant volume of non-energy goods moving to South Africa originates in the Gulf and passes through the Strait of Hormuz. Fertilisers, particularly nitrogen-based products produced in countries such as Qatar and Saudi Arabia use that Strait for passage to South Africa. These are critical for South African agriculture, and any disruption affects crop yields and food prices.
Jewish Irish Boer Greg Deegan@RiskMediaGreg

@IraninSA We don't have ships and even Sasol prices have risen, you idiot.

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Remember when the podcasters north of Glenhove and established business were chastising Ramaphosa and South Africa for not being "strategic" with Trump? They had ideas on how to bargain with Trump, and their tone was very condescending - it had a "the hapless darkies don't know how to do diplomacy." What do they say to their raging lunatic now? Where is the space for rational dialogue here. All of Europe is looking inward and Eastward for a more rational, inclusive, and less combative geopolitical space. The president of the United States is not an adult. He needs adult supervision.
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This evening I will be watching one of the most consequential reggae musicians, #Luciano live on stage in London at the Jazz Cafe in Camden. Fire burn tonight, pure roots and culture taking centre stage! The pictures are from 2007, where I am dressed in military green, and 2015, where I am in blue.
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Congratulations to Chief Mbusi Bhekithemba Dakamela for hosting yet another annual meeting that seeks to advance unity among African traditional institutions. Our roots define who we are, so returning to them each year and celebrating our identity is not just a great thing, it is essential. It is what sustains our pride and allows us to pass that pride on to our children and grandchildren. So many people have become detached from their roots that they now think they are who they are not. Some have no connection to their past, to their heritage. Some cannot even speak their indigenous language. So it is refreshing to see such a progressive young traditional leader bringing people together and making that sense of togetherness not only relevant, but genuinely appealing to the young, and deeply spiritual for us, the elders. Congratulations👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
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CLEAN CAR CLUB@TheCleanCarClub·
Water Firing Hypercar with NASA Technology!
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MAPIRAVANA IV 🗨@mmanonose·
@daddyhope A few barrels of oil at the cost of the entire economy. The USA does not forget..nor do they forgive
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Hopewell Chin’ono@daddyhope·
Cyril Ramaphosa has secured South Africa a pass through the Strait of Hormuz, a move that echoes Nelson Mandela’s doctrine that “your enemies are not our enemies,” affirming an independent foreign policy rooted in national interest.
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Hopewell Chin’ono@daddyhope·
@GururaGive52834 It is you who is bankrupt my brother. You can’t be an adult with such a warped binary mindset. You are bringing Facebook nonsense here.
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Tau Tapera@GururaGive52834·
@daddyhope You really like Iran Hopewell. Just wait and see if those opposing the war are not fools. If he wins , they are fools. If he loses, he is the fool
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There you have it, ladies and gentlemen. The American president, Donald Trump, has described Americans who oppose his reckless war in Iran as “foolish,” even though polling shows that roughly 60% of Americans are against the war. So he says 60% of his country’s voting population are fools! That effectively means he is dismissing a majority of his own country’s voting population simply because they disagree with his reckless war. That is the level of disdain he has for his electorate. In any functioning democracy, disagreement with a president, especially on war, is not foolishness. It is a legitimate expression of public opinion. When a leader begins to insult that majority instead of engaging it, it raises serious questions about accountability, judgment, and respect for democratic values. As I have always said, people who oppose this war are not against America. They are opposed to the American regime led by Donald Trump, not to America itself. There is a clear and important distinction between those two things. Criticising a government’s policies, especially decisions on war and peace, is not the same as opposing a nation or its people. In fact, it is often an expression of democratic engagement and accountability. Many Americans themselves oppose this war, which shows that dissent is not anti-American, it is part of what defines an open society. Calling his own citizens fools only deepens the divide and reflects a failure to respect democratic opinion. They will have their opportunity to respond during the midterm elections in November. He made a terrible decision by starting a pointless war, and he is now under pressure. His reactions suggest a leader who struggles when events do not go his way, resorting to rhetoric instead of addressing the substance of the criticism.
Al Jazeera Breaking News@AJENews

BREAKING: Trump calls Americans opposed to Iran war 'foolish' 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/ukui10?update=…

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