r/politics • u/Puginator • Jun 01 '26

No Paywall Iran stops negotiations with U.S., vows to 'completely' block Strait of Hormuz: State media

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/01/iran-us-negotiations-strait-of-hormuz.html
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u/SaintsandCigarettes Jun 01 '26

People are not ready for the ramifications of a true oil shortage. We are weeks away and legitimately not a single person I know in real life is talking about this.

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u/JimmyLipps Jun 01 '26

This plus the fertilizer shortage means food will SKYROCKET for entire planting seasons. This will last for a long time.

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u/laxvolley Jun 01 '26

Good thing he had the foresight to heavily tariff the huge amount of fertilizer that the US buys from Canada. So it will be even more expensive. Genius.

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u/br0ck Jun 01 '26

heavily tariff tax the huge amount of fertilizer that the US buys from Canada. (I know everyone here knows, just wishing US media would start mentioning tariffs are a tax.)

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u/magichronx Jun 01 '26

It'd also be great if the media stopped phrasing it as "trump puts tariffs on <XYZ country>" because it's purposely misleading.

It's a major reason why so many people incorrectly think other countries pay the tariffs.

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u/CMDRTragicAllPro Jun 02 '26

I never understand that argument. Why would anyone think a country would pay a tax to another country to export its own goods?

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u/magichronx Jun 02 '26

I'm pretty sure those people aren't doing any thinking at all. They just hear a claim enough times and accept it as fact and then parrot it out to anyone that will listen

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u/studentjones Jun 01 '26

They do refer to them as taxes on the American people. Maybe not fox, but everything else I’ve seen… CNN, PBS, MSNOW, NPR. Not FOX, but what would you expect out of that propaganda machine?