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Donald Trump-led US begins blockade of all Iranian ports in Strait of Hormuz, risking wider war !!
The blockade may put pressure on Iran, but it also risks unsettling global markets and pulling the US deeper into a conflict.
China has already warned the US and Iran has shown no willingness to concede on nuclear enrichment and control of Hormuz.
Iran mocked the US, asking whether Washington and its allies could "endure three months" of blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
In the meantime Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the US-Iran negotiations in Islamabad did not just collapse but "exploded," blaming Washington’s response to what it saw as Iranian violations of ceasefire terms.
Netanyahu told his cabinet he had spoken with US Vice President JD Vance, who briefed him from his plane while returning from Pakistan after the talks ended without agreement.
"I spoke yesterday with Vice President JD Vance. He reported to me in detail about the development of the negotiations."
According to him, the explosion originated on the American side after it concluded that Iran had failed to meet a major condition tied to the ceasefire -- reopening access through the Strait of Hormuz.
It’s still not everyone's war. Downing Street has ruled out sending warships to join Trump’s new naval blockade of Iran, which aims to play the Iranians at their own game.
But the US President’s decision once again to escalate rather than negotiate when thwarted turns this into everyone’s problem, whether we like it or not.
With oil prices rising and stocks falling as soon as markets reopened after the weekend, the long-planned IMF meeting in Washington had morphed into a crisis summit.
With hopes fading of an early end to this conflict, global growth forecasts are already being gloomily revised down in expectation of a prolonged energy shock.
In the messy situation; a senior Chinese official has warned the United States against imposing a blockade on the Strait of Hormuz and cautioned it not to interfere in China’s bilateral relations with Iran.
Defence Minister Admiral Dong Jun's warning coincided with the start of the US naval blockade at 7:30 pm IST on Monday.
"We have trade and energy agreements with Iran; we expect others not to interfere in our affairs," Jun said, adding that the Strait of Hormuz remains open for China.
The waterway is crucial for Beijing as it supplies nearly 40 per cent of its oil and at least 30 per cent of its LNG needs.
Hence, China has been pushing for a ceasefire to secure the critical waterway in the Gulf.
Trump’s threats to stop tankers reaching Iranian ports and seize any ship paying Iran a toll for safe passage, risks the war spiralling.
This directly puts the US into conflict with countries whose ships have enjoyed free passage through the strait of late, including China.
Talk of Regime Change in the US ::: Shocker ??
Ex-CIA director calls for ousting Trump: ‘25th amendment was written with him in mind’
John Brennan says Trump who made volatile remarks about destroying Iranian civilization ‘is clearly unhinged’.
The former Central Intelligence Agency director John Brennan has added his name to growing calls for the president to be ousted on grounds that he is unfit for the job, arguing that the US constitution’s 25th amendment addressing involuntary removal from office was “written with Donald Trump in mind”.
Brennan, who served as head of the spy agency during Barack Obama’s presidency, told MS Now on Saturday that Trump’s recent volatile remarks about destroying Iranian civilization and the danger he posed to so many lives merited his removal from the Oval Office.
“This person is clearly unhinged,” he said. “I think the 25th amendment was written with Donald Trump in mind.”
The Twenty-fifth Amendment (Amendment XXV) to the United States Constitution addresses issues related to presidential succession and disability.
It clarifies that the vice president becomes president if the president dies, resigns, or is removed from office by impeachment. It also establishes the procedure for filling a vacancy in the office of the vice president.
The amendment provides for the temporary transfer of the president's powers and duties to the vice president, either on
-- the President's initiative alone or
--- on the initiative of the vice president, together with a majority of the president's cabinet.
'J stands for jinx in JD Vance':
Internet mocks Trump's 'cursed' Vice President as Iran talks fail and also Orban loses in Hungary elections
Hungary’s long-time Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been voted out after 16 years in power, marking a major political shift in Hungary. Often seen as an ally of Donald Trump and criticized for his stance on Ukraine, Orbán’s defeat signals changing voter sentiment.
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