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In retrospect, removing Venezuela’s socialist-drug thug dictatorship was Domino One — the first criminal regime to topple in the Trump administration’s calculated campaign to give China a harsh and instructive taste of Beijing’s own grand strategy of resource deprivation and denial.
As I write this column, Iranian threats to oil tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz continue to jack global crude prices. As gasoline prices rise, myopic U.S. and European media hype long-term economic malaise — precisely the propaganda line Tehran wants media to peddle. With their ballistic missile inventory dwindling, hysteric economic fear spawned by threatening Hormuz is the only strategic weapon the decimated ayatollahs possess.
China’s communist government, however, now sees quite clearly it confronts a grave strategic threat to its so carefully plotted, so astutely prepared and so prudently executed Slow War of Strangulation and Eventual Domination waged against America and the world.
Yes, a long name for the war, but it captures the pace (slow — too slow for legacy media to notice), the key operation (strategic deprivation) and the Middle Kingdom’s goal.
As noted in last week’s column (Ending the Ayatollahs’ 47-Year War on the World), “in 2025, China imported an estimated 1.38 million barrels per day in sanctioned oil shipped from Iran in ‘ghost fleet’ tankers.” All told, Ayatollah Iran supplied 11% of Chinese annual oil imports. The rest of the Middle East? Another 44%, the majority of the oil shipped by tanker from the Persian Gulf, from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, etc.
Without Middle Eastern oil, China’s No. 2 on the planet economy suffers extreme strangulation — and stalls.
My bet: U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force already control the Strait of Hormuz. By the first week of April, it will be clear the U.S. and Israel have destroyed the ayatollah regime. When the ayatollah regime collapses, whatever and whoever replaces it will ultimately share control of Hormuz with the Gulf Arab states and the U.S. Central Command.
As for the Iranian port of Jask on the Gulf of Oman (Indian Ocean, outside Hormuz)? Strategic speculators pegged Jask as a future Chinese Navy port, similar to Pakistan’s Gwadar. From Jask, Chinese ships and aircraft (including drones) could either police or threaten the Strait. China could also easily reach the Bab al-Mandab, the strait connecting the Indian Ocean and Red Sea (leading to the Suez Canal).
One maritime chokepoint after another, all within Beijing’s slowly expanding operational reach.
My bet: The next Iranian government will make sure Jask doesn’t become a Chinese asset. Beijing will pay for supporting the ayatollahs with weapons, technology and political cover.
For the record, China imported 390,000 barrels per day of sanctioned oil from Venezuela, a little over 2% of its annual imports. Losing 2% is not make or break. However, Venezuela was a base in the Americas for undermining South American and Caribbean nations. The Trump administration is in the process of eliminating Chinese control of port facilities in Panama. From Venezuela, China could threaten to close the Panama Canal. But no more.
Cuba? With Venezuela no longer supplying fuel oil, the remnant Castro communist regime is confronting unrest. Cuba may be Domino Two, before Iran becomes Three.
Last year, China pulled the strangulation noose when it began restricting U.S. access to its rare earth minerals. That was more than a squeeze on the U.S. economy. Rare earths are essential to manufacturing high-tech weapons and communications systems. Denying rare earth imports and imposing manufacturing restrictions harmed U.S. defense capabilities and advanced data systems.
Sun Tzu, China’s great 5th-century B.C. strategist, argued the greatest commander is one who never has to fight. From Book 3, “The Art of War”: “… (N)eutralizing an adversary’s forces without battle is absolute perfection.” In other words, the superior general defeats his enemy psychologically and economically and never risks destructive combat.
That was China’s plan. Gaining control of rare earth mining and refining. Cornering the market on cobalt. Dominating global manufacturing of first consumer goods, then autos, then shipbuilding and weapons manufacturing. And positioning itself to interdict shipping lanes — from the Middle East, through the South China Sea.
The U.S. is on the verge of being able to deny China 60% of its annual imported oil requirements. It can already deny any of its adversaries these key maritime shipping choke points: Hormuz, Bab al-Mandab, Strait of Malacca (Singapore), Panama Canal, Strait of Gibraltar. Allies and friendly states control the Suez Canal, the Turkish Straits and the Skagerrak (Baltic-North Sea). If global warming really sets in, perhaps Russia will try to contest the U.S. in the Bering Strait?
I’ve already seen reports of Yemen threatening to close the straight of Bab al-Mandab…
That’s the other side of Sowdi Barbaria…
But… Iran has already offered free passage for tankers that pay for their Oil in the Chinese Yuan dollars…
Skipping the American Petrodollar… setting up massive inflation in America…
Also the Podcasters all over the place are saying Trump is a send-out Puppet for Israel…
Now… don’t hate on me for saying that… fact… it’s what a lot of Americans are thinking and saying…
So what’s your answer?
Talk about some one who routinely hijacks comment sections with the same made up GoogleAI bullsh*t.
Ugh, that would be you.
You will never get the acceptance you crave. Just downvotes. You are the personification of the FPM clown car. And no one cares a wit what are endlessly bitching about.
You have finally jumped the Shark with your Trump TDS and America Hatred and are actively aiding the Islamists. You scumbag.
You get a lot of downvotes for comments with which I can find no factual error. May you never begin to care about up or down votes. If your facts are good, and your opinions or conjecture from them are reasonable, then those who draw different conclusions or have countervailing facts can enlighten all of us.
Most of what you receive is simply junior high mean girl name-calling and down-vote punishment for Orwellian wrong think. It is not worthy of your care.
Yes… you’re right… thank you…
Trump’s Choke Strategy Targets China
Turning the tables on the CCP. 3-26 Trump knows how to get justice against China and that is good for America.
Trump is losing this War…
Iran has America in the stranglehold… controlling the Hormuz…
Which is why Trump lifted sanctions of IRAN AND RUSSIA OIL !!!
We’re at war with Iran and now helping Iran make $14 billion in profits for selling oil…
The idea here… is let Iran sell Oil now while it’s cheap… and they won’t be able to reap the higher profits, later down the road. <<< WHAT!?!??
Someone please make that make sense…
No one can… why? Because Trump realizes that he's messed up the entire world's economy and has to cover his a$$…
And yet… America is a proxy for Ukraine against Russia…
What idiocy…
Prepare for higher gas prices… things are going to get worse as long as Iran threatens the world by controlling the Hormuz…
As a propagandist, you are free here to spout your nonsense. But you’re in denial and hoping that public opinion or the media’s version of it can sway Trump. It won’t. Israel and Trump will stay the course until the IRGC are gone, and people who read this site are not as stupid as those who watch CNN.
Trump is obviously motivated by something other than public opinion. He ridiculed George Bush on stage about endless, middle eastern wars and promised to end our involvement in them and institute Muslim immigration bans. This and other things made him an outsider and wildly popular.
Public opinion is still against the war despite major propaganda to change that opinion. The younger cohorts coming up reject Israel as a good and trustworthy ally. The main stream media is no longer a valid source of information, so is it any wonder no one trusts it and turns to alternative sources that may or may not have good information?
The official reasons for getting into this war keep changing, plus the U.S. and Israel appear to have different strategies and end goals.
Google AI Reports:
“David Ellison, through Paramount/Skydance, is set to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery in a $111 billion deal as of March 2026, which includes CNN
. This massive merger creates a media behemoth uniting Paramount and Warner Bros. studios, plus CNN and CBS. The deal, backed by Larry Ellison, requires final regulatory approval.”
That’s a Jewish family… so you may want to rethink what you’re saying…
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At any rate… if you think Trump dropping the sanctions on Iran is a good thing… think again.
Google AI reports:
“Trump’s 2026 decision to ease Iranian oil sanctions is highly controversial
, aiming to lower rising global energy prices by freeing up ~140 million barrels of oil. While proponents argue it stabilizes the market during conflict, critics warn it provides a $\approx$$14–15 billion financial boost to Iran during active hostilities, potentially funding its military operations.”
This helps China… and focuses on the world’s economy… a drastic move by Trump.
Google AI doesn’t ‘report’ anything. It just copies material from CNN or the rest of the media.
The shareholder vote on the WB deal is late next month. Assuming the deal goes through, it takes effect in late 2026.
Assuming any actual changes are made to CNN as a result, we won’t notice anything until next year at the earliest.
Because of Democratic pressures and scrutiny, they’ve already threatened to break up the company, there may be no changes to CNN at all, or the company may spin off CNN.
That’s not from Google AI, it’s from an actual human being who has reported on these issues for years.
Ok… I won’t use “Reports” any longer…
Google AI says…
“Google AI (specifically AI Overviews) gets its information by synthesizing real-time data from Google’s search index, including websites, forums like Reddit, YouTube, and news articles. It uses Large Language Models (LLMs) to summarize these sources,, heavily relying on high-ranking, credible websites, along with structured data from the Knowledge Graph.”
It also says…
“Top Search Results: Information is primarily pulled from the top-ranking websites and articles for a given query.”
And…
“Trusted Domains: The system frequently leverages high-authority websites, such as those with .edu or .gov domains, for reliable information.”
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As far as CNN goes… we’ll wait and see. Regardless… the possibility remains… many will need to change their opinions.
Talk about some one who routinely hijacks comment sections with the same made up GoogleAI bullsh*t.
Ugh, that would be you.
You will never get the acceptance you crave. Just downvotes. You are the personification of the FPM clown car. And no one cares a wit what are endlessly bitching about.
You have finally jumped the Shark with your Trump TDS and America Hatred and are actively aiding the Islamists. You scumbag.
Glad I can help inform others… 🙂