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Iran Is Drafting Law to Introduce Tolls for Hormuz Transit
- mindslight 7mo ago"We’re winning so much that we really don’t know what to do about it."
- phishin 7mo agoWhat does this mean?
- magicalhippo 7mo agoIt'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-trump-s-state-of-the-union-seeks-to-calm-economic-jitters-ahead-of-midterms/ https://www.opb.org/article/2026/02/24/were-winning-so-much-...
- goatlover 7mo agoMeans 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.
- xg15 7mo agoThe sequel to "we will be tired of winning" I think.
- defrost 7mo ago"Nothing bad can happen, it can only good happen."
- jazzypants 7mo agoAt this rate, I can't see the petrodollar surviving another decade. Great job, Republicans.
- toomuchtodo 7mo agoI 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.
- jazzypants 7mo agoYeah, 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.
- fakedang 7mo agoFeels like being on the sidelines (or a Roman, if you're American) during Honorius' reign.
- ebbi 7mo agoExactly. 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.
- jazzypants 7mo agoObama had a nuclear deal with Iran. Trump ripped it up. This is not a "both sides" issue.
- lubosm 7mo agoI wonder how much this will accelerate transition from oil to green power and storage, mainly in Europe. Good job, Donald. Now, more tariffs, please.
- fakedang 7mo agoGermany 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.
- Jamesbeam 7mo agoThey should name it the Orange Toll Wizard Law and then rename the Strait of Hormuz to the Gulf of Mexico just for fun.
- dzhiurgis 7mo agoLove how orange baboon is lulling regime into thinking they've got this.
- cosmicgadget 7mo agoSo we'll reach a new equilibrium of higher crude prices and Iran will have a huge new source of income.
- xg15 7mo agoOperation Epic Fail.
- burnt-resistor 7mo agoThe 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.