Iran – We control the gate
Thu 10:19 pm +00:00, 30 Apr 2026Patrick Henningsen: Iran’s CHILLING Message to Trump – Ships Turning Back Near Hormuz.
Who initiated the ceasefire in Iran? Who initiated the call to Putin? Trump.
He cares about the news cycle. What’s the story?
Out at sea The USS Gerald Ford strike group has withdrawn from the northern Red Sea. Defending Israel from Yemen. Heading back to the US.
The USS George Bush is approaching via Straits of Gibraltar.
The USS Abraham Lincoln strike group is on station alone currently.
With all the bases knocked out in the Gulf, the US depends on carriers to mount attacks on Iran.
An attack is imminent – maybe at the weekend. Iran has had time to monitor the movements of the fleets.
And prepare attacks with anti-ship missiles.
The US and Israel will want to carry out attacks on Iran from time to time, no way will peace be possible with Trump.
Trump wants to get a better Iran deal than Obama did. But he’s taking military and political risks.
The US is chained to Israel. The imperial reputation is finished. If the attacks begin, Iran will be ready, and will ensure the US pays a heavy price.
Inflationary forces are let loose now. Economic contraction imminent. The Fed wants to raise interest rates. Trump wants to cut interest rates.
UAE is leaving OPEC, clearly encouraged by the US but a sign of stress in UAE finances.
Asia could be the safe haven, with money going to China, while the US and Europe go down.
The US blockade on Iran is only partial. It’s like a hysteria based on a false narrative, pushing out sanctions, to weaponise the Treasury department. This worked against Syria but it took twelve years. But with Russia and Iran sanctions are unlikely to work. Iran can trade with Iraq, with Pakistan, and with Russia overland. Geographically Iran is hard to strangle.
Iranian ships are passing through the blockade every day. been hurt but strategically you could argue is stronger than before. The meeting in Moscow shows that Iran is a confident partner, and can stand up for itself against the US and Israel. If the US escalates, it will be bad for the region as well as Iran. Israel are joint partners coordinating with the US to attack Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. Israel will also be mauled.
Iran plays the diplomatic game against the two headed snake. Iran is underestimated by the West, as is Russia. The whole pack of lies that justified the war are stating to collapse. The economy is approaching its limits. The money being thrown at US operations is massive. The bail out needed by the Gulf states with their economies collapsing is also massive.
Russians and Iranians are finding they can survive the US and NATO and Israel and they are finding out they are more powerful than they ever thought they were before. They are learning to fight on their own two feet. And Iran is looking like a good future investment. Yet US/Israel thinks they are going to send Tehran back to the stone age.
