'It Beggars Belief': LBC Presenter Mocks Trump's Failure To Foresee Iran War Consequences

Donald Trump’s apparent failure to foresee one of the main consequences of the war in Iran has been mocked by an LBC presenter.

James Hanson said it “beggars belief” that the US president did not think Tehran would end up charging oil tankers for passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

The key waterway, which normally carries around one-fifth of the world’s oil and liquid gas supply, has been effectively closed by Iran since shortly after the start of the war.

Under the terms of a two-week ceasefire agreed on Tuesday night, Iran is supposed to have re-opened the strait.

But in a post on his Truth Social on Thursday, Trump said: “There are reports that Iran is charging fees to tankers going through the Hormuz Strait — They better not be and, if they are, they better stop now!”

In a follow up post, the president added: “Iran is doing a very poor job, dishonorable some would say, of allowing Oil to go through the Strait of Hormuz. That is not the agreement we have!”

In a monologue on his LBC show, James Hanson said: “Honestly, it beggars belief that the man still has not thought through the consequences of his actions.

“What did he think would happen when he started bombing Iran? Of course they were going to retaliate.

“Don’t get me wrong, I’m not defending what the Iranians are doing, not least because it’s blooming inconvenient for the rest of us who are paying more at the pumps as a result. 

“But if you are the Iranians, of course the only way you are going to raise revenue to carry on fighting is by charging vessels for the right to pass safely through the Strait of Hormuz.

“This is why officials in the Pentagon warned successive presidents for the best part of half a century ’do not launch a war against Iran because they will retaliate by closing the Strait of Hormuz and that will be incredibly difficult to unpick. 

“What did he think was going to happen?”

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