Blocking a closed Strait but claiming it's open - for 20% extortion fee.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/trump-proposes-20-toll-on-cargo-through-strait-of-hormuz-restarts-iran-blockade/ar-AA27OM6T

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floofloof@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 40d

Will his cult finally figure out who is responsible for their gas prices going up? Of course not.

BarnWolf@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 40d

Straight up protection racket.

areakode@riskeratspizza.com · 12 pts · 40d (2 replies)

IT'S NOT A TOLL!

Buffalox@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 40d (1 reply)

Who gives a shit what Trump posted back in April, he has changed his mind dozens of times since then.

PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 40d

He’s a dementia patient and this is the sorta behavior they are observed doing.

givesomefucks@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 40d

Deja vu...

horn_e4_beaver@discuss.tchncs.de · 7 pts · 40d

Historians will pinpoint this as the moment when globalisation died.

PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 40d (2 replies)

Gotta pay the troll toll

rindo25@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 40d (1 reply)

To get into that boys hole

CarrierLost@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 39d

I said no gum everyone.

HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 40d

Iran must be getting close to just catastrophically mining the strait at this point.

Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 40d

Better to link to the original source than a news portal like MSN.

Doomsider@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 39d

It was Trumplethinskin's idea originally so he is just stealing it back fair and square.

justaman123@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 40d

I mean I feel like lots of things we buy everyday could be framed this way