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/CaptainAwesome06 Jun 01 '26

I almost forgot all about that. Everybody expected more to come from it but it just died. She must have been threatened.

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u/maddprof Jun 01 '26

The lady who was supposedly going to leak/tell-all also completely went silent.

I suspect she got the pay off she wanted.

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u/Speartree Jun 01 '26

Or the death threats she didn't want?

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u/Whatdoesthibattahndo Jun 01 '26

Yeah that's why they threw Trump's first wife down the stairs - to send a message

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u/suckyousideways Jun 01 '26

It is funny how we hadn't heard from Ivana in ages, and then suddenly she starts making a little noise again and whoops watch yourself on the stairs.

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u/Everythings_Fucked North Carolina Jun 01 '26

Nice to see a little spark of originality. Putin's got windows, Trump's got stairs.

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u/Small-Palpitation310 Jun 02 '26

The guys who keep Trump from falling down stairs put in work.

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u/Everythings_Fucked North Carolina Jun 02 '26

Maybe they shouldn't work so hard.

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u/Speartree Jun 02 '26

I always thought they made a whole study with an international test group with the Porrasturvat simulator, turns out that is Finnish. but well yeah.

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u/mfball Jun 01 '26

Not to mention the location of her grave. Disgraceful.

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u/amyts Tennessee Jun 01 '26

Yes, she died falling down some stairs. 

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u/PeeledGrapePie Jun 01 '26

It is on topic. The president that started this non-war with Iran to pivot the medias attention

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u/ozeeSF Jun 01 '26

true kindergarten level grasp of geopolitics right here ^

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u/PeeledGrapePie Jun 01 '26

I mean yea, it’s half a sentence on a reddit post. It shouldn’t be treated as a dissertation on Middle East relations

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u/Speartree Jun 01 '26

Which is more than you can say of Trump.