Things just got a whole lot more crazy for Donald Trump, as now it seems his bombing campaign has made the Houthis shut down the Suez Canal. Oh shit.
The fallout from meddling in complex affairs one barely understands — or, to put it bluntly in social media terms, “f–cking around and finding out” — is about to catch up with Donald Trump soon. Not long after February 28th, some will recall how he complained to White House reporters about being stunned that Iran struck U.S. bases in the GCC. Now brace for a new shock involving the Houthis and Bab el Mandeb, as this faction recently targeted two Saudi oil tankers navigating these vital straits. For Trump and Western leaders, this marks a fresh nightmare, amplifying tensions to the point of cutting Saudi Arabia’s oil export revenues since the kingdom can no longer rely on its Red Sea pipelines. One can only imagine how MBS and his inner circle feel after deciding that bombing the Houthis was a clever strategy.
Moments before the Houthis struck the vessels, Trump had warned reporters he would “take care” of them if they followed through with their threats — a warning that clearly made no impression on the group. Their attack on Saudi tankers — and likely those belonging to the UAE — is poised to create repercussions far more severe than the closure of the Straits of Hormuz. Trump finds himself trapped, the tightening constraints of his aggressive rhetoric slicing deeper with each poorly judged threat. Despite this, he still refuses to take Iran seriously as a regional power capable of inflicting significant damage when provoked. This crisis stems directly from Trump’s choice to bomb civilian infrastructure in Iran — just one of many recklessly impulsive actions by the U.S. president, who analysts agree lacks any coherent Iran policy. The Bab el Mandeb straits — which some U.S. TV hosts might soon dub the ‘Straits of Mindab’ — have become the epicenter of concern. If insurers deem the threat excessive, countless ships may avoid the Suez Canal entirely, opting to navigate the longer route around Africa, inflating consumer costs and rattling markets. A staggering military setback for America appears to be underway, while the global economy braces itself for the shockwaves to come. The UK reportedly has diesel reserves lasting about two weeks, Australia none at all, and the U.S. is at its lowest oil stockpile in history.
Yet Trump persists with his bombing campaign, seemingly indifferent to the looming global disaster and the consequences of his reckless and repetitive strategies. This detachment from reality might soon end as shortages spread worldwide, prices soar, and panic buying floods social feeds, directly impacting U.S. consumers. Despite his brazen denials and misleading statements about the conflict, he will struggle to pin food shortages, soaring gas costs, and widespread layoffs on Iran once signs of an economic collapse become undeniable. Many economists forecast this downturn will begin around September. Severe hardships lie ahead for America.
Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson expressed disbelief at the unfolding chaos and questioned Trump’s sanity: “We have a disaster. We have an insane conflict that there’s no way the United States is going to extricate itself from without great losses,” he remarked in a recent podcast. “It’s already taking great losses. There’s no way Iran is going to lose. All it’s got to do is remain 93 million people in a country the size of Western Europe with variegated terrain you wouldn’t believe if you were there and seeing it, and temperatures to go along with it, and mountains and deserts to go along with it. It isn’t going away anytime soon. And oh, by the way, did I mention that it has an ally named China, the number one economy in the world, and another ally named Russia, probably the most battle-hardened military and defence industrial base in the world? Did I mention that? That’s where we are with this insane president who started out wanting a better deal than the black man in the White House.”
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