c/politics · by stumu415@lemmy.zip · 40dBlocking 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-AA27OM6T111 points · 14 comments · view on lemmy.world
14 Comments
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
IT'S NOT A TOLL!
Buffalox@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 40d
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
Gotta pay the troll toll
rindo25@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 40d
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