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Trump's whole strategy with Iran was to break the "rules" and kill their leaders. He assumed that would scare everyone else into submission.
Instead Iran said, "No rules? OK, then we'll close the Strait and fling missiles at every oil facility within 2400 miles. How many Patriots you got left?"
So the same Islamic ruling class in Iran now gets to put a toll on a Strait that was open and free before America intervened in the first place. Masterful gambit, sir
Trying to get into the head of a warshagger. Spending billions on a mission to open a Strait that was already open and being pushed into a pretty embarrassing negotiated position for an apparent hegemon to be in - is that good? Is that Hawk-edging?
Thousands dead, billions spent, oil prices through the roof, no regime change, the Middle East in angry chaos and now we have Iran making £2m/ship going through the Strait where before no such fee or issue arose. Trump is a dementia-
addled imbecile. #r4today
BREAKING NEWS 🚨
Trump PLAYED AGAIN by Iran!
Iran NOW has control over the once free Strait of Hormuz traffic and will charge millions of dollars for each ship to traverse the Strait.
Only a simpleton like Trump could be played so easily!
Trump shares Iran’s […]
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Trump has made a voyage through the Strait, that was free just weeks ago, now require giving millions of dollars to a theocratic regime that murders its people, in return for many lives and billions of dollars worth of military equipment.
The Iranian regime funded terrorism
Biden imposed sanctions on Iran
so they would have less money to fund terrorism
Trump has given Iran the keys to the bank and left the vault wide open
Trump lifted sanctions and now they are charging for ships to pass through the Strait
Trump is an idiot
“Trump got Iran to open the Strait back up because he showed them he meant business! Suck it libs!”
The Strait that had free passage before Trump attacked Iran.
The MAGAs are coping and it’s not starting off well…at all.
"Open the fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards!"
Now Iran and Oman EACH extract a million dollars from EVERY ship traveling through the Strait of Hormuz for the foreseeable future. How is that open?
Art of the Deal, my ass. Taco got played.
Murphy just laid it out: Trump gave Iran control of Strait, agreed to enrichment, suspended sanctions, and let them keep their missile, drone, and nuclear programs
After month of bombing, thousands dead, and threats of genocide-Iran got everything they wanted
Huge W for Iran
Taco chickened out again. They didn't "open the fuckin' Strait." Iran is still charging tolls.
All this does is give Israel time to restock its interceptors. What a good lapdog bitch Trump is.
apnews.com/article/iran...
Your reminder that even if the war truly ended tonight, and Iran let every tanker sail through the Strait tomorrow, oil does not teleport, wells have been shut down and will take weeks or months to reopen, storage facilities have been destroyed, and refining capacity has been significantly damaged.
I think Iran knows the agreement is nonsense. I do think if they can make the Strait work in almost regular order for a couple of weeks, the world will clamor (bribe) Trump to stop, leaving Iran as the power broker of the ME.
The editorial boards are going to be soooo mad when the Democratic 48th President of the United States doesn't have the Strait fully and freely reopened by Memorial Day 2029.
Before Donald's war, Iran did not control the Strait of Hormuz.
Oil tankers moved freely.
After Donald attacked, Iran cut off travel through the Strait.
Gas prices rose sharply.
Under the ceasefire Trump just negotiated, Iran still controls the Strait.
Art of the Deal? 🤡
Just so we’re clear: The Strait of Hormuz was already open before Trump spent $1.8 billion a day on the most stupid war ever. Now Trump has surrendered and Iran controls the Strait. All the MAGA morons need new hats that say “Make Iran Great Again.”
The United States is WORSE OFF now:
The Strait of Hormuz was OPEN before Trump’s war.
Iran allowed ships to pass through the Strait before the war for FREE.
After Trump’s war Iran is CHARGING ships to pass through the Strait. Oil costs MORE.
What was Trump’s purpose for the war?
So before Trump’s war, Iran did NOT control the Strait of Hormuz. And now because of Trump’s war, Iran DOES control the Strait. And will continue to.
What a fucking disaster this illegal war has been. What a fucking idiot Trump is.
Mango is the great deal maker. Iran will charge a toll fee for any ship passing through the Strait: $ 2 million per ship. Oh Yes the US has won this war🤣🤣🤣 give the man the Nobel peace prize.
Iran will be able to charge fees for passage through the Strait. Before the war, there were no fees. Art of the deal my ass.
This is important if accurate, and was also another Iranian demand. If Iran is able to impose tolls in the Strait it would appear Trump made most of the concessions to get this pause. Hopefully it lasts.
Even if this ceasefire holds and traffic resumes through the Strait, the aluminum situation the Trump administration has created for major consumers like our OEMs is absolutely brutal.
The US fully capitulated to Iran and agreed to a '2-week ceasefire'. Iran imposed a $2M toll per ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz, with an undisclosed amount going to Oman. 138 ships pass through the Strait daily, this would generate $276M per day; roughly $3.86 billion over a two-week period.
NYT reporting that under this ceasefire each ship will pay $2M to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
It was $0 before Trump launched this illegal war.
100-130 ships pass the Strait daily.
Trump just gave Iran an extra $100M-$130M per day.
Masterful gambit, sir.
Impeach and remove this […]
Trump thinks he is the smartest person in the room. He refused to listen to our generals who clearly said, Iran will close the Strait and retaliate. Instead, he listened to BiBi who said they will be too weakened to fight back. Bibi told Trump what he wanted to hear, so we bombed Iran
Fuck israel
