I want Somalia to enter this chat to see that they will do
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You gotta pay the troll toll ...
Trump keeps yapping about how Iran better comply with his demands, or he'll go back to bombing them, so they're showing the world that they're in control, not him.
If I were them, I'd make him twist for a full month before making ANY new contact, and if he runs his mouth again, I'd wait ANOTHER month. Maybe in a year or two he'll learn to shut the fuck up.
Iran charging a toll surprised the idiots running America. Now they want their extortion money too.
Why can't everyone involved charge a toll? One for entry a different for exit. Put up some big signs with QR codes so they can use venmo or cash app... /s
Why limit it to the strait? Let's just embrace piracy and extortion worldwide! If were going to be self-defeating pariah dumbfucks, let's get some return on all that military spending. Why the hell not? On a serious note, why would Iran care that much if every ship pays multiple tolls as long as they get their share and keep all their power?
Bruh, bluffs aren't going to work anymore. Trump indirectly proved to Iran that we truly don't have a back up plan for when the strait is closed during the American-Iranian War. All this is going to do is make the current deal we have even worse
I'd 100% agree but I can't quite tell how it could be worse. USA didn't get anything important
The whole world is saying fuck it, we buy electric cars.
Its like have in a trade war over horses in 1950
The whole world is buying cheap Chinese electric cars.
American Automakers will be needing another bailout in less than 5 years.
The fact that the "We the People" of the United States just sit back and shrug as this idiot fucks one thing after another up is fucking nuts.
I've tried to embrace existentialism in most parts of my life, but when it comes to American politics, the very best I can do is absurdism. The whole system of capitalist republican oligarchy has proven to be joke.
You're not wrong. We need to get together as a united front and... well, there's the problem. Look at any protest or effort, big or small, and you'll see how it's snuffed out in various ways because the system is designed to prevent that, and to keep people from being focused on a single cause together. It's our fault. No doubt there. But it's also a situation that prevents anything from changing without full solidarity.
Note: this is not an excuse. It's a reason.
All the not-Republicans need to pick a leader. Now not later.
"Ha! Face to foot style, how'd ya like it?"
"I'm sure, on some planet, your style is impressive, but your weak link is: this is Earth."
Friggin love Kung Pow.
What a complete dumbfuck. We didn't have any tolls a few months ago. Now we are talking about Iran and Oman and the United States exacting tolls?
The Shart of the Deal.
This is like W's Katrina multiplied by W's Iraq dumbassery to the power of the 2008 economic crash. You'd have to be a complete dumbass to support this asshat.
And the idiots that are wishcasting the stock market into the stratosphere and gas prices lower are total fools to listen to this bumbling old moron when he acts like it's all going to snap back to normal in one day, based on signing a MOU.
What a fucking clown show
Blowzo’s Circus is on the air!
Pretty hard to charge a toll when Iran controls the strait and shuts it down you dipshit
"We demand that you accept our complete and total surrender!"
Those tolls are gonna find their way into his pocket. It's how he works....
He said once before before he liked the idea of a toll and would work out his cut. He just really doesnt want to lose even if that means robbing the people he "saved"
I know it's getting old at this point to raise this point, but can you imagine the conservatives if Obama or Biden or Clinton could be credibly accused of doing even 1/100th what this asshole is obviously doing?
They would have stroked out by now. They were having conniptions over feet on desk and tan suits and having ice cream cones, FFS.
Charge ships trying to pass through,
NOT charging Netanyahu's "Israel" who keeps bombing the ceasefires/agreements out of existence, right??
Clownshow is exactly right.
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