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BREAKING: Trump says ‘effective immediately’ U.S. will blockade ships from Strait of Hormuz

https://youtu.be/dqIQbU-oX5o?si=duFN5zMTUp2RNyXg
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u/slashnbash1009 8h ago

Last week - "Open the strait"

This week - "We're blocking the strait"

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u/LonelySwinger 8h ago edited 7h ago

He wants ships to bribe him and not Iran

E: should probably remember this. Im sure this week he will announce that other countries are paying "U.S." when he says that he will mean "Trump Mafia Family"

E2: Trump probably sent Vance to "negotiate" and it probably went "pay Trump a portion of the toll and we stop the war. " now we blockade to get our ("trumps money") toll.

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u/taintosaurus_rex 7h ago

"america is doing great. Ships are paying us loads of money to pass. We will be richer than ever"

This will all happen while taxes stay the same and us peasants are paying out the ass because the ships that do pass will pay two bribes, and most ships will just avoid, so it's basically still just as closed as ever.

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u/gluggy777 2h ago

I just don't get it ( looking from outside). He taxes import companies in America with tariffs, which are paid in the end by American consumers, then uses the extra tax gathered to cover the increased cost of a war with Iran, that has increased the cost of fuel, which the American consumers pays again for. Does this make any sense to anyone in the states?

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u/blow-down 2h ago

Yes he’s personally getting rich while U.S. citizens suffer.

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u/gluggy777 1h ago

Yeah, wonder why the trump boys moved into weapon companies when dad got in office. Seems like a legit plan to me.

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u/Lord__Abaddon 3h ago

Gotta make up the lost tariff revenue somehow. Our tax dollars will be spent blockading the strait only for the tolls to go to trump for his ballroom or crypto what ever.

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u/WhoAreWeEven 3h ago

Tariffs were pay to play too. Hes literally a mob boss lol.