Iran stops negotiations with U.S., vows to 'completely' block Strait of Hormuz: State media

[u/Agitated_Pudding7259]

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/01/iran-us-negotiations-strait-of-hormuz.html

The article says Iran announced Monday it will cut off all negotiations with the U.S. and move to fully close the Strait of Hormuz, citing Israeli military operations in Lebanon as ceasefire violations. Tehran also threatened to activate the Bab el-Mandeb Strait chokepoint connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. Oil prices jumped over 7 percent on the news.

The breakdown comes just days after Trump convened a Situation Room meeting to decide on a deal but left without making a decision. Trump posted on May 23 that a peace deal was "largely negotiated" and "Final aspects and details of the Deal are currently being discussed, and will be announced shortly." Both sides launched new attacks in the following days, and Israel escalated in Lebanon with Netanyahu ordering strikes on Hezbollah-controlled Beirut suburbs. Iran's foreign minister said the ceasefire applies to all fronts including Lebanon, and violations on one front constitute violations on all.

The Strait of Hormuz has been effectively choked off since the war began on February 28, with ship traffic far below the prewar level of 100+ vessels per day. About a fifth of global oil supplies passed through the strait before the conflict. Gas prices had come down some in recent weeks on deal optimism, but that appears to be evaporating. There are also concerns Iran could impose a tolling system on ships transiting the strait.

Trump posted on Truth Social that Iran "really wants to make a deal" and told critics to "just sit back and relax, it will all work out well in the end. It always does!"

If Iran really wants to make a deal why are they walking away form negotiations? If the US is winning this war, why are we suing for peace?

The answer is because Iran's strategy is working. Our president and the "secretary of war" who was confirmed by one vote are not reliable sources of information.

They have been preparing for this war for decades and they know how to win it. Choking off a fifth of global oil supply has driven U.S. gas prices up 50%, cratered Trump's approval ratings, and Republicans are openly panicking about the midterms. They know the situation trump has created is FUBAR and they know they're cooked in november. Iran doesn't need to win on the battlefield. They just need to hold out and make the economic pain unsustainable until the administration comes to terms.

[u/Sunflorahh]

I saw a reel the other day from David Frum (Dubya's speechwriter). He said simply, the presidency is too big a job for Trump.

Just what a disaster this admin has been. Domestic policy, foreign policy, everything in between. The only constituency he cares about is the wealthy.

I don't know how supporters continue to justify and support his actions. Genuinely, I want to know their rationale. Are the wrinkles in their brain that different from mine?

[u/FabioFresh93 → u/[deleted]]

It’s like they live in a separate reality from the rest of us.

That’s the point. Republicans have spent decades building their media ecosystem. Conservative talk radio and Fox News have a loyal following. They have spent decades portraying their audience as victims and saying “you can’t trust the mainstream media, you can only trust us”. And yes, the other mainstream media is far from perfect, but it doesn’t have as much of an effect on one of our political parties.

I’ve been saying that Trump didn’t become the Republican nominee in 2016 because he’s a celebrity or a businessman. He got the nomination because he came from the conservative media ecosystem. He was appearing weekly on Fox News giving his 2 cents on anything. If it wasn’t Trump it could’ve easily had been Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh taking over the party. Many conservative talking heads have more influence than most politicians. I can’t think of anybody on the left with that much pull.

[u/Iceraptor17 → u/FabioFresh93]

Tucker Carlson was actually getting some small talk as a future potential candidate before his fallout with fox. It's very true.

[u/FabioFresh93 → u/Iceraptor17]

I think the talk has only increased since he left Fox. I would not be surprised if he ran in 2028 and I think he has a legitimate chance at winning the nomination.

[u/Wonderful_Cookie_572 → u/FabioFresh93]

It has and he does. Because the Fox demographic is all old. Young right-wingers don't like Fox, they find it to be all out of touch Boomer blather that is stuck in a world that doesn't exist anymore. Tucker has his finger on the pulse of what the younger right wing thinks and that is the group that's growing, not shrinking.

[u/jason_sation → u/FabioFresh93]

I don’t. Trump has already started attacking Tucker, and even his administration has mentioned him as a potential domestic terrorist. Tucker won’t be anywhere near the White House while Trump is alive.

[u/Wonderful_Cookie_572 → u/jason_sation]

I think it's not safe to count this out.

Yes, Trump seems to be kingmaker during the primaries right now, but a lot of that is down to the people Tucker appeals to just not bothering to show up out of disgust and frustration. But they will turn out in 2028. And Tucker has a very strong following in the sub-50-years-old right-wing base. Much moreso than Trump at this point. Trump is being propped up by Boomers and the oldest cohort of Gen X.

[u/wizdummer → u/FabioFresh93]

Mainstream media lied about Biden’s health to protect the DNC. They lied about Rittenhouse, they lied about Kavanaugh, they lied about Hunter’s laptop.

Ferguson had riots because the mainstream media lied about “Hands up, Don’t shoot.”

The mainstream media is basically a branch of the DNC.

[u/FabioFresh93 → u/wizdummer]

Mainstream media definitely has some questionable moments they should answer for. I'm not defending them. But Fox News and other popular conservative media has more influence on the Republican Party than other mainstream media has on the Democratic Party. Bongino, Patel, Hegseth, and Piro all left conservative media to work in the Trump administration.

And I think it's ironic that we separate the "mainstream media" from Fox News. Fox has the highest ratings out of all of the cable news channels. You can't get any more mainstream than that.

[u/EverydayThinking → u/wizdummer]

Some of that is true. But even so, what you should do in response is consume a wide variety of media, not fully descend into the right wing empire of slop and propaganda.