{"id":60031,"date":"2026-04-15T07:52:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T11:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=60031"},"modified":"2026-04-15T08:34:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:34:16","slug":"when-one-trump-eff-up-is-bested-by-yet-another-trump-eff-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=60031","title":{"rendered":"

When one Trump eff-up is bested by yet a bigger Trump eff-up<\/b><\/span><\/h1>"},"content":{"rendered":"

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‘Masterful 5D Stroke’: Trump’s Blockade Charade Deflects From Ceasefire Flop<\/h1>\n

Simplicius<\/p>\n

As expected the Iran-US talks in Pakistan have led to a deadlock\u2014or, in other words, failed.<\/p>\n

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The entire foundation on which the talks were premised was phony because the US is agreement-incapable and does nothing but lie at every stage of the process.<\/p>\n

First,\u00a0it had come out that the US had been\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>begging<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Pakistan to intervene<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and force Iran into talks for weeks. Then when Iran finally agreed, it had come out that the US was involved in the drafting of the Pakistani announcement which\u00a0specifically<\/em>\u00a0stated that Lebanon was to be included in the ceasefire. But as soon as the ceasefire took effect, and Israel brazenly ignored the new restrictions, the US immediately changed its tune and claimed that the Iranian side had \u201cmisunderstood\u201d the agreement, and that Lebanon was never part of the equation.<\/p>\n

Now, latest rumors claim the US in fact tried to \u201chave it both ways\u201d by including Lebanon, but hoping Iran would deign to allow Israel for a \u201cgradual\u201d off-ramp:<\/p>\n

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In short, it\u2019s just as everyone had predicted: Israel openly mocks and defies the US, and the abject AIPAC-owned slaves can do nothing whatsoever about it.<\/p>\n

For those that missed it, here\u2019s the simple version:<\/p>\n

The Pakistani Prime Minister himself announced the ceasefire after US-Iran talks, specifically noting Lebanon is included with Vance, Trump, and other officials literally tagged in his post:<\/p>\n

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A gaff even occurred wherein in another message,\u00a0the PM \u2018accidentally\u2019 posted a draft<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0that appeared to have been written\u00a0for him<\/em>, presumably by the US because it said: \u201cDraft – Pakistan\u2019s PM message on X\u201d.<\/p>\n

NYTimes and other outlets even implied that the US had a hand in the Pakistani PM\u2019s ceasefire announcement, thus giving further credible evidence toward the US knowing that Lebanon was to be included in the ceasefire:<\/p>\n

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Vance, however, explained that Iran \u201cmistakenly\u201d thought Lebanon was included, when it was never part of the deal, calling Iran \u201cbad faith\u201d actors in the negotiations which subsequently failed:<\/p>\n

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Recall that Israel had expressed frustration and anger at the US for not being represented directly at the talks. As such, it is only logical to assume that the US did tell Iran that Lebanon would be included, but then was unable to dictate these terms to Israel, which rebelled, leaving puppets like Vance having to do damage control and blame Iran to scuttle the talks:<\/p>\n

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Now, Trump has taken the baton from his incompetent secondaries and steered the circus into an even more farcical direction by announcing that he intends to blockade Iran\u2019s blockade in a series of unhinged tweets, as per his usual MO:<\/p>\n

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The blockade is set to begin Monday, April 13th, at 10AM eastern time.<\/p>\n

Firstly, note the disingenuous deception above: he frames Iran for being unwilling to \u201cgive up its nuclear ambitions\u201d. This is written in a deliberately vague style to\u00a0appear<\/em>\u00a0that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons\u2014but that is purely the US\u2019s fraudulent claim. The true \u201cnuclear ambitions\u201d that Iran is refusing to give up is its normal civilian nuclear enrichment for power plants. The US is simply using this as a phony stalking horse to make Iran out into the bad guy when Iran has publicly stated a profuse amount of times that it does not and will never seek nuclear weapons, having again stated this even recently via FM Araghchi and others.<\/p>\n

Secondly, recall when Trump had claimed Hormuz is irrelevant to the US and is only used by allies and other countries, which should take up the reins of opening it up. So then, why the sudden conniption over Iran\u2019s charging of tolls?<\/p>\n

President Trump: \u2018We\u2019re gonna blockade Iran. It will be a total blockade, nothing in or out. It\u2019s going to be very similar to Venezuela. But it will be a higher level.\u2019<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Some claim Iran\u2019s actions violate international law because all free shipping lanes must be allowed to function when they fall under international waters. Two problems with this:<\/p>\n

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  1. The US has now itself announced a blockade of the selfsame \u201cfree shipping lanes\u201d, thus likewise violating international law.<\/li>\n
  2. This same \u201cinternational law\u201d never seems to apply to Russia whose oil tankers are illegally stopped and seized on a regular basis\u00a0in international waters<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    As such, the claimed \u201cinternational laws\u201d governing such activities have long ceased to exist by the reprehensible actions of the corrupt and unprincipled West; so there is no real credible or legitimate charge against Iran to be made here.<\/p>\n

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    And after Trump\u2019s juvenile braggadocio about wiping out any Iranian ships that attempt to interfere in US\u2019s own blockade, footage surfaced appearing to show Iranian speed boats chasing away US warships that attempted to vaunt their way across the Strait:<\/p>\n

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    An Iranian speedboat approached American military ships in the Strait of Hormuz<\/em><\/p>\n

    \u25aa\ufe0fToday in the Strait of Hormuz, an Iranian speedboat approached American military ships, and both sides observed a truce.<\/em><\/p>\n

    \u25aa\ufe0fThe incident shows that the Iranian fleet is still capable of patrolling the strait.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    There are again disagreements on this count, with US claiming the ships \u201csuccessfully transited the Strait\u201d, and the Iranian side denying this, stating the ships were turned back.<\/p>\n

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    The latest cope-narrative is that the US has sunk only \u201cone of Iran\u2019s navies\u201d, while a mysterious \u201cother one\u201d now controls Hormuz.<\/p>\n

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    How many navies does Iran have, exactly?<\/p>\n

    BREAKING: Iran’s IRGC says that if Trump carries out his Strait of Hormuz blockade, Iran will respond by taking control of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait through the Houthis, per Press TV.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Through this farcical process we get further insight into how the Trump administration\u2019s duplicitous game works. They knew they had run out of options and their bluffs were called when Trump had threatened a final \u201cend-all-be-all\u201d strike to wipe out the \u201cIranian civilization\u201d. As such, a diversionary ceasefire was rigged to buy time, which is now predictably sabotaged in order to change the narrative via sleight-of-hand away from the original exposed bluff.<\/p>\n

    Instead of \u201cending\u201d Iran\u2019s civilization, Trump manages to contort the play into some kind of phony blockade which will likewise fail. It\u2019s pasting one blot of chicken scratch over another in an endless pyramid scheme of \u201c5D strategery\u201d.<\/p>\n

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    Can the US\u2019s foreign policy become any more of a fiasco than it has done? Recall how a year ago, this was the official publication from the White House:<\/p>\n

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    Now, not only has Trump started a new war to ostensibly destroy the very nuclear facilities it was verboten to claim were still extant as per the above, but now Trump has gone further to blockade Iran\u2019s blockade in order to open a strait that was already open before the senseless and imbecilic war was even launched. It really rivals something out of a Monty Python bit at this point.<\/p>\n

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    Seyed Abbas Araghchi<\/span>@araghchi<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
    In intensive talks at highest level in 47 years, Iran engaged with U.S in good faith to end war. But when just inches away from “Islamabad MoU”, we encountered maximalism, shifting goalposts, and blockade. Zero lessons earned Good will begets good will. Enmity begets enmity.<\/div>\n
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    The administration in general has devolved into a parodic travesty of a government. While the world burns, this is the kind of \u201cserious\u201d posts Trump has put up on his official account earlier today:<\/p>\n

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    Your guess is as good as mine what it\u2019s supposed to represent\u2014but probably, it\u2019s just the pathological vanity of a late-stage dementia patient who\u2019s lost all inhibition.<\/p>\n

    The NYT was right<\/a><\/strong>, that the world has devolved into a globally interlaced, growing conflict. It is only right on cue for the final stage of the Fourth Turning, wherein the weak and mad become rulers by way of the compromised political processes inherent to all terminally decaying post-imperial hegemons. As ever, we are witnessing the birthing pangs of a new world, cast against the agonized wails of the dying old order. That little makes sense is a touchstone of this chaotic transitional era, which will likely end with many \u2018surprises\u2019 none of us could have possibly anticipated.<\/p>\n

    The disastrous Iran war was clearly a golden opportunistic convergence between Trump\u2019s age-old boomer-hatred for Iran with his being the perfect Zionist bagman for Israel. The fact that serious negotiations continue to be mediated by an unelected claque of billionaire henchmen with close ties to Israel is a true disgrace to the \u201cAmerica First\u201d vision, particularly given this year\u2019s special occasion as the 250th anniversary of America\u2019s signing of the Declaration of Independence.<\/p>\n

    In this, our unholy year of 2026, America has never been further from having \u201cfirst\u201d priority in the hearts and minds of its elites and ruling class. In this unholy year, the White House is no longer the haunt of its proud presidential forebears\u2014instead, it has come to be ruled by dybbuks of a different stripe.<\/p>\n

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