No one gets a free ride.

Trump's foreign policies will never work except when it comes to Trump's bank account. Trump's racketeering habits backed up by Hegseth's priorities in USING AND ABUSING the USA military is over.

Trump's administration is demanding all sorts of ideological outcomes without facing the reality that the world recognizes the racketeering Trumps are personally profiting from. They get the money and they keep the money as if they honestly deserve it. The fact is the Trumps have hijacked the USA government and military for their own wealth through the favors they allow and capitalistic plans they have in building resorts that fall flat on their face every damn time.

Maralogo was falling apart when Trump took office. I am not certain where the money came from, but, my guess is the Chinese in anticipation of becoming wealthy themselves while compromising every classified document in the possession of national security. And the Republicans allow it to continue regardless of the facts before them.

Iran has the right of law to protect it's sovereign borders regardless of it's priorities. If Iran is invading others sovereignty the countries involved may have a grievance which they can settle as they please, but, there is no automatic trigger that puts the USA military in the line of fire or as a defense force. Besides, Hegseth has already violated maritime law that INSISTS human life on the seas comes first no matter the issue. He killed civilians on commercial ships because of his inflexible barricade of the ports along the Persian Gulf even if it was Iranian ports. Hegseth set down NO RULES for the blockade. There was and is no respect for human life aboard those ships and that is perfectly fine with him. He and Trump have an unspoken rule, the more dead the better.

You know what really pisses me off, Phil? Decades and decades of Republican majorities in the Legislature DEGRADING every regulation that protects human life and health in the USA. That really pisses me off.

Wars. Illegal wars. Wars that cause the death, not of success by the opposition, but, by homeland neglect of PTSD. PTSD, Phil. Dr. Phil should know something about that. Our soldiers no longer were coming home intact, but, psychologically assaulted by road side bombs and terrorist attacks, death squads and corruption within the countries promised to be improved by nation building. That really pisses me off. Nation building is a lie, ask the Taliban.

So, while Trump and Dr. Phil are tapping into the anger of Americans in hopes Trump is able to come out of his closet and kill as many Americans as possible in his second term, Iran has every right to refuse any and all ships in it's sovereign waters. Considering the assault by Hegseth and the civilian deaths abroad commercial vessels I am certain Iran has no problem in attempting to control and patrol all the waters of the Persian Gulf.

Is there some kind of United Nation Resolution about this mess? Wait. The USA would veto anything anyway. So much for a peace process.

The United States (click here) pressed Iran to publicly pledge free and secure transit through the Strait of Hormuz as Tehran hosted talks in Oman to de-escalate tensions amid a reopened negotiation cycle. Washington signaled a willingness to continue discussions despite ceasing hostilities and asserting the ceasefire is over, while Iran accused the U.S. of violating the truce and pushed for a mutual, concrete commitment. The broader context involves recent attacks on shipping, U.S. and Israeli strikes in Iran, and efforts by Qatar to mediate, with oil markets reacting to the heightened risk. The long-running conflict has unsettled Gulf security, raised oil prices, and complicated the path toward a broader settlement. A renewed interim framework remains the focal point, with leadership in both capitals weighing leverage and incentives for compliance going forward.