Apparently, geopolitical crises are not the problem, but simply the sheer laziness of Earth’s early crust. Next stop: Great Plate Uplift Again!

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<p>In his latest rant on Truth Social, the President of the United States has claimed that the ongoing situation with the Strait of Hormuz would never have been a problem if the tectonic plates had opened the passage slightly wider during the early Cenozoic Era. “If it weren&#8217;t for the PATHETIC plate tectonics during the [&#8230;]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://theshovel.com.au/2026/04/22/trump-blames-cenozoic-tectonic-plates-not-opening-strait-wider/">Trump Blames Early Cenozoic Era Tect...