The highly erratic, mentally damaged Malignant Fascist/ Dementia Don is on the rampage again, declaring the Iran ceasefire and MOU "over," and directing trade with ally Spain to stop:
Iran war / Operation Epic Fail
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Washington’s ceasefire with Tehran is over, after hostilities between the two sides escalated overnight.
During a joint press conference with NATO chief Mark Rutte at the military alliance’s summit in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday, Trump said, “I think it’s over” in response to a reporter’s question.
“I don’t want to deal with them anymore … as far as I’m concerned, it’s over,” he added.
He added that Washington’s delegation wanted to negotiate a peace deal, but that he saw it as “a waste of time dealing with” the Iranian side.
Trump’s comments came after the U.S. and Iran accused each other of violating a ceasefire that was reached last month, in the wake of fresh strikes.
The U.S. military conducted a “series of powerful strikes” against Iran in retaliation for three commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz coming under attack on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Treasury Department withdrew a waiver that had allowed Iran to sell its oil.
Oil prices rose dramatically after Trump spoke, with global benchmark Brent crude
futures for September delivery jumping 5.7% to trade at around $78.41 per barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures added 5.9% to settle at $74.60 a barrel.
The unstable, ignorant MF owns this mess, lock, stock, and oil barrel. The U.S. and its allies are far worse off economically and strategically than before the moron was talked into attacking Iran by Netanyahu. Iran holds the Strait of Hormuz cards and has increased its position vis-à-vis its neighbors and its ability to affect global economic stability. Meanwhile, we have a puerile pinball President bouncing from one bumper to another.
"We no longer want to do any kind of business with Spain. I would like that to stop. Spain is a terrible partner in NATO. They don't pull their weight, they don't pay. I don't want anything to do with Spain. Cut off all trade with Spain, please, including visits," Donald Trump declared at a joint press conference after the NATO meeting in Ankara on Wednesday.
The US president's remarks stand in stark contrast to the way the European Union's trade policy works. Since the creation of the single market in 1993, tariffs, trade agreements and other measures in this area have been an exclusive EU competence, exercised through the European Commission.
Any measure targeting one of the 27 member states would have repercussions for the single market as a whole and could trigger a coordinated response from Brussels.
Trade flows between two of these countries are not even considered exports, but rather "intra-EU supplies". This interconnectedness also means that oranges grown in Valencia can be processed in another European country before being shipped to the US, so a unilateral move against Spain would create major practical and legal difficulties.
"The US federal government knows how the EU's trade relations are managed and is not interested in breaking off trade ties," replied Teresa Ribera, the EU competition chief and former minister in Pedro Sánchez's government, last March, when asked about the issue after Trump once again threatened Spain.
Sounds again like an childish, policy-by-the-seat-of-his-clown-pants hollow threat. Someone other than the lap dogs Scott "Smirker" Bessent or Howard "Nutlick" Lutnick should tell him the limits of trying to punish one member of the EU in isolation. As a sanction, it won't work, but as another distraction ...
(Image: look who's driving foreign, military and trade policy)
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