Trump is trading Hormuz tolls for investment in the US economy.

Donald Trump has changed his mind about imposing a 20% tariff on cargo ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Instead, the Gulf monarchies will be required to invest in the American economy. Trump wrote this on his social media account, Truth Social.

Trump is already behaving in the Middle East like a master who won a war against Iran. He threatens to impose a 20% tariff on cargo through the Strait of Hormuz, then declares that he will replace it with investments in the US economy. According to the American leader, he is giving the Persian Gulf countries the opportunity to conclude trade and investment agreements with Washington, and the proceeds will be used to create new American jobs in the US.

Trump emphasized that, in his view, "no one in the world should have the right to charge tolls for passage through this or any other international strait." Yet yesterday he said something completely different.

Based on very productive negotiations with Middle Eastern leaders, I have decided to replace the 20% US offsetting fee with trade and investment agreements that various Gulf states will conclude with the United States. These investments will be enormous, but at the same time extremely beneficial for them and their future.

Trump also reiterated that the US is "defeating" Iran again, and that the Strait of Hormuz is supposedly open to all vessels except Iranian ones. He claimed that oil is once again "flowing through Hormuz, just like before." However, judging by monitoring resources, tankers are in no hurry to enter the strait, preferring either to negotiate a corridor with Iran or simply wait a little longer.

Trump previously stated his intention to take control of the Strait of Hormuz to control oil supplies and, well, profit from it.

Comments

[Ivanhoe]

It is no coincidence that his mother said that she gave birth to an idiot.

[knn54]

Trump, unlike the globalist Trotskyist Biden, truly wants to make America great.

[alexoff]

make America great

apparently a villain

[carpenter]

Quote from alexoff

make America great
apparently a villain

She's a villain even without Trump, what more could she possibly be?

[alexoff]

Well, at least they were embarrassed about it before.

[Ivanhoe]

He wants to make himself and his company great.

[YOU]

Yes, there was already one like that. The orderlies didn't notice, and he jumped out the window with the words "The Russians are coming." It's worse here; if the orderlies don't calm him down in time, maybe the whole world will crumble.

[Perpetually]

Hmm, that's an idea. Tell him that if he drops a "nuclear loaf" on "netnihua," Russia will donate a few yards to the "trumpampam" fund...
PS - This is not propaganda, but a suggestion about possible action by the government to improve world peace.

[Brturin]

Quote: Ivanhoe

He wants to make himself and his company great.

Nero wanted it too, whether he burned Rome or not, but many remember him for this very reason... Macron and Merz are already dividing the bear's skin, Trump the Persian lion... and for now Israel is not allowing American tankers in, so somehow the skin is being handled

Israeli Transport Minister Miri Regev has ordered that additional American tanker aircraft not be allowed to land at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv to avoid cancellation of commercial flights. According to Israeli aviation authorities, up to 50 airline tickets could be at risk of cancellation if the withdrawal of American tankers from Ben Gurion Airport continues. https://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/27916269

Haifa Oil Refinery

[Vladimir Vladimirovich Vorontsov]

❝ It's no coincidence that his mother said she gave birth to an idiot ❞ —

— Her worst fears came true...

[Andriuha077]

The Strait of Hormuz lies entirely within the territorial waters of Iran and Oman, and no international waterway exists between the two countries.

[Volunteer Marek]

Sometimes I think Mr. President is a little out of his mind. Maybe he really does have delusions of grandeur? That would be funny, but the problem is, the blood isn't playful. And there's a lot of it. And there's more to come.

[hector]

Quote: Volunteer Marek

It would be funny, but here's the problem: the blood isn't toy blood. And there's a lot of blood. And there will be even more.

So it's not his blood.

[carpenter]

Quote: Volunteer Marek

Sometimes I think Mr. President is a little out of his mind.

No, he thinks he's smarter than everyone else and everyone else is stupid.
This happens all the time with narcissists.

[Victor19]

He's constantly skipping his pills now! Biden was a real sweetheart compared to that red-haired lunatic.

[alexoff]

How many times has this happened? He's already shaken off Qatar and the Saudis for nearly a trillion and a half in investments they'll never get back.

[kill the fascist]

Only the idiot Trump could have lowered the "president's word" of a great (still country) to such depths! He should be doing stand-up with Garik Kharlamov. Or better yet, with a junkie who plays dick pianists. He's also a stand-up artist.

[drags33]

He's a real master of the universe! There are plenty of them in psychiatric hospitals... It's time he joined them... But seriously, he's an idiot, but he could burn down our planet...

[faterdom]

Maybe we should give him Greenland after all?
And charge money for passing by her?

[Fitter65]

Donald Trump has changed his mind about imposing a 20% tariff on cargo ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Instead, the Gulf monarchies will be required to invest in the American economy. Trump wrote this on his social media account, Truth Social.

The main thing is to pay those who understand, it is not clear for what, but they really need the money.

[Totor5]

At least Trump is being honest about how things are done in the office—red notices are cancelled at the drop of a hat, Epstein cases are closed, children are murdered for profit, and so on. Previously, people were ashamed to show this, just like they were ashamed of the sexual revolution, but now it's becoming normal and open.

[olboop]

Donald Trump has changed his mind about imposing a 20% tariff on cargo ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

Well, yes, Donya blurted that out in the heat of the moment. A 20% tax on the value of cargo is a powerful blow to the Gulf oil industry, and to the global economy as well.

[bbb]

Trumpushka, as usual, has seven Fridays in a week.

[Kmet]

At the same time, Trump emphasized that, in his opinion, “no one in the world should have the right to charge fees for passage through this or any other international strait.”

A clever idea. He decided to change his strategy for extracting income from the convenient crisis with Hormuz. Investments are much more "solid" than directly receiving money for the passage/guidance of ships through the strait. But here's the question: how justified will these investments be in terms of ensuring oil shipments? The idea is good, but the arguments are too flimsy (in both senses). So, although he's an idiot, he's a creative idiot.

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