NASA image of Strait of Hormuz in 2020.

Last weekend, representatives from the U.S. and Iran sat down to discuss the path to peace in Islamabad. The talks did not go well for either side. While the two sides are still technically under a ceasefire agreement until April 22, there does not appear to be a viable plan to end the war.

Immediately after the end of the talks, Donny 2-Dolls that the United States will attempt to blockade the Strait of Hormuz and "intercept" any ships that have paid Iran's toll for safe passage. It's unclear how the United States would identify ships that have paid such a toll or what they would do with them once the intercepted them. But to make any of this work, the Trump regime would have to open up their own safe passage for ships to take through the strait, meaning that any ships passing through would effectively have to choose a side in the war, which is not likely to be well received.

Vice President J.D. Vance led the talks on behalf of the United States, but Donny 2-Dolls doesn't seem particularly concerned that his vice president failed to negotiate an end to the war, stating that "it makes no difference" to him.

Iran sees the blockade as a violation of the ceasefire terms, has declared that it will close the Strait of Hormuz again in response, and has already started firing on ships attempting to pass through. So now both sides are preventing traffic from flowing through the strait while the world suffers for Trump's foolishness.

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Donny 2-Dolls has been trying to eliminate free and fair elections in this country since he first ran for office in 2016. But in past elections, federal safeguards have limited his ability to interfere with the results. Those safeguards have mostly been eliminated, along with the federal staff that would typically enforce them.

Growing dissatisfaction with the Trump regime has made it more and more likely that the balance of power in Congress will flip from red to blue after this year's midterm elections. If that happens, it's almost certain that Trump will once again face impeachment hearings. The Trump regime is desperate to stop that from happening, and Trump has been very vocal that he hopes to "nationalize" and "take over" the 2026 elections.

That's not an empty threat, either. He is actively working on blocking mail-in votes by undermining the USPS, he is pushing Congress to pass the SAVE Act, which would disenfranchise millions of voters. He is pushing states to turn over their voter lists to the federal government, and wants the federal government to control who is allowed to vote. In a country where fewer than 60% of eligible voters typically turn out for presidential elections, and far fewer vote in the midterms, securing as little as 20-30% of the vote is needed to cause massive disruptions that have far-reaching consequences for the American people. In fact, 2026 may go down in history as the year the United States permanently lost its democracy.