cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/9016144
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116913091653271692
Nonconfrontational 6 points 3 months ago
They were literally bombed during peace negotiations, it should be impossible to swallow the rhetoric that Iran is evil here lol.
PolandIsAStateOfMind 11 points 3 months ago
That gotta be some transcendent level of entrepreneurship, not only maritime piracy, but in place they don't even dare to close their warships to.
I would also like to see how they plan to enforce it on let's say China or India or Russia.
OrteilGenou 2 points 3 months ago
Hey, you owe me thirty dollars for this post.
yogthos 7 points 3 months ago
cheeto already walked it back https://www.theguardian.com/...
JangleJack 6 points 3 months ago
"protection"
reallykindasorta 2 points 3 months ago
The US will be reimbursed 20% of whatever it costs to protect ships? That doesn’t seem like an awesome deal for the US
CheeseNoodle 4 points 3 months ago
Yes, so this ship is full of debt paperwork and manure, we'd like your 20% of the negative 300 million in value and here's your manure.
reallykindasorta -3 points 3 months ago
But it’s a reimbursement and mentions the types of services it covers, so is the 20% value the cap on the reimbursement requirement?
nelly_man 4 points 3 months ago
You are expecting too much from Trump. His pattern is to proclaim some new policy with shaky justification and no prior analysis. At best, his thought pattern is, "20% sounds like a good number." Then he lets the rest of his administration try to define something of substance around his public statements, hoping that he doesn't contradict their attempts in the coming days.
reallykindasorta 1 point 3 months ago
That’s probably true
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Iran was going to charge $1 per barrel to "hostile" nations who transit the Strait. At oil's current price, that's a 1.33% fee. Trump is implementing a 20% fee to ALL traffic. With BS moves like these, It's becoming hard to swallow the rhetoric that Iran is the evil player here.
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