Iran Is Drafting Law to Introduce Tolls for Hormuz Transit

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by geox • 4 months ago

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mindslight• 4 months ago

"We’re winning so much that we really don’t know what to do about it."

phishin• 4 months ago

What does this mean?

magicalhippo• 4 months ago

It's a direct quote from Trump's recent State of the Union speech[1]. Here's a more complete quote:

Our country is winning again. In fact, we’re winning so much that we really don’t know what to do about it. People are asking me, ‘Please, please, please, Mister President, we’re winning too much. We can’t take it anymore,’” Trump said before introducing the team. “‘We’re not used to winning in our country until you came along.’”

[1] https://www.opb.org/article/2026/02/24/were-winning-so-much-...

goatlover• 4 months ago

Means the same thing as when Trump claimed the war was won in the first hour and that Iran's nuclear program was "obliterated" during last year's strikes. Which also means the same thing as Iran being an "imminent" threat to the US.

xg152• 4 months ago

The sequel to "we will be tired of winning" I think.

defrost2• 4 months ago

"Nothing bad can happen, it can only good happen."

jazzypants5• 4 months ago

At this rate, I can't see the petrodollar surviving another decade. Great job, Republicans.

toomuchtodo2• 4 months ago

I mean, the US has proven itself irresponsible having the power it has had as a superpower. Endless wars for oil, an economic bully instead of a responsible steward of power. This is the best outcome, a slow decline of power as the world reorganizes around the US. Americans voted for this, this was a choice.

jazzypants5• 4 months ago

Yeah, it's hard to weep for American hegemony when it has mostly been used as a crude cudgel, but it's just a bit odd to watch an empire rapidly crumble in real time from the inside through such a shocking series of unforced errors.

There's something to be said about the fact that those who shout the loudest about "America First!" are the very same ones to blame for its inevitable demise.

ebbi3• 4 months ago

Exactly. I don't think this is a purely Republican issue. It's a US Empire and its hubris issue. The only difference is that Trump has been open with things that would otherwise have been said and discussed behind closed doors.

dnautics3• 4 months ago

what's the alternative?

jazzypants5• 4 months ago

The Euro and the Yuan are the clearest contenders. Iran already trades oil in euros.

techblueberry• 4 months ago

I’m not saying I think this for sure, but it feels like there’s a world where most countries come out of the Trump presidency stronger except the USA.

lubosm• 4 months ago

I wonder how much this will accelerate transition from oil to green power and storage, mainly in Europe.

Good job, Donald.

Now, more tariffs, please.

fakedang3• 4 months ago

Germany and Austria gotchu fam, impoverishing their own people while choosing to buy overpriced Russian and American oil and gas.

I'll be seeing news about Hinckley Point C opening when I'm in my 80s.

Jamesbeam2• 4 months ago

They should name it the Orange Toll Wizard Law and then rename the Strait of Hormuz to the Gulf of Mexico just for fun.

fakedang3• 4 months ago

Well the orange buffoon wanted it named either Strait of America or Strait of Trump. Not kidding.

Jamesbeam2• 4 months ago

Board of piss approved.

https://www.cartoonmovement.com/cartoon/board-piss

dzhiurgis• 4 months ago

Love how orange baboon is lulling regime into thinking they've got this.

cosmicgadget• 4 months ago

So we'll reach a new equilibrium of higher crude prices and Iran will have a huge new source of income.

xg152• 4 months ago

Operation Epic Fail.

burnt-resistor• 4 months ago

The orangutan will be fine with it so long as he gets half of it like with the Giuliani (through his assistant ostensibly) sold $2M pardons. Unfortunately, he'll need a new wag the dog war distraction from the Epstein files like Marco Rubio's dream of overthrowing Cuba militarily. Perpetual chaos and drama is required to distract from brutality, incompetency, and lawlessness.

Any actual ground invasion with humans for occupation of the islands or the southern shores of Iran would be a suicide mission because Iranian artillery, short range ballistic missiles, some anti-tank missiles, fiber optic drones, and Shaheeds would all be variably in-range such that it would quickly devolve into Russian-style meat assaults. Sending "the best" troops to do it won't matter because US military counter-UAS and AMM/ABM/C-RAM capability doesn't exist at a sufficient scale to matter. It would be worse than the Bay of Pigs, Iraq 2.0, Afghanistan, and Vietnam blunders put together. As soon as the first FPV drone video of a cheap UAS running down and striking a young US Marine or paratrooper hits the interwebs, it's all over for the vast majority of people not afflicted by Trump Delusion Syndrome.

Iran Is Drafting Law to Introduce Tolls for Hormuz Transit

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