U.S. Seeks International Help To Reopen Strait Of Hormuz As Crude Prices Surge

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7. The major allies do not have any national elections this year, but The Rapist does

and the voters in all countries can see that Trump caused the oil price rise on purpose, and the other countries' governments stayed out of it.

So while everyone is suffering a bit (and as net oil importers, it is actually worse for European countries than for the US, for their overall economies), the governments know they're not getting blamed - yet, anyway - while The Rapist is, for higher gas prices in the US. So he's stuck with the shitstorm he created.

The way to solve it involves negotiation, which the Republicans could do if they get serious, admit they fucked up, and send a credible negotiating team with a mandate to eat a shit sandwich to sort the mess out. But that involves Trump being very obviously a colossal fuck-up, and they haven't got to the point where they can admit to that.