Ostensibly the most powerful position in the world, says terrible things, but still sucks at doing those terrible things. That is the greatest indicator of his incompetence - he can’t even break things very well. It should be no problem for him to make Iran, or most anywhere else, be in a much worse state than it is. Yes, after Venezuela had a decade or more of collapse, he made things worse. Yes, after Cuba had 60 years of sanctions, he made it worse. Yes, after Palestine went through decades of repression, he helped the guys who have been doing that for the last 30 years make it a lot worse. He should be able to do these things to objectively stable countries that just don’t have the economic and military power to stand toe to toe. But Iran, which, while powerful, should have been possible to destabilize, has kept significant control of the strait. At the same time, their ability to project power around the world has been diminished.

Imagine being so incompetent you can’t even break shit very well.

My god… he really is Hal Stewart if the power of Tighten instead was being elected to the most powerful office in the world.