Lmao Trump sees an opportunity to swindle and is all over it. Art of the deal!

I know the man is just throwing mud at the wall to see what sticks, but the whiplash from "civilizational erasure" and "back to the Stone Ages" to "buddy-buddy halfsies on illegal tolls" is a little much.

This is insane. I don't know why this hasn't got wider news coverage.

I were not able to find a better news article, but this news article somehow failed to mention the central fact that anybody demanding tolls, whether Iran or USA or both, is unambiguously illegal under international law. It is an international strait, and there is right of navigation for ships. Legal Eagle describes why the tolls are illegal: Trump’s Illegalist War Gets Illegaler.

This strait dictates world economy? Of course trump wants to install a toll booth there with the money going straight to him and his cronies

All that after a war with Iran, of course

Deluded dipshit

Wants his cut.

The bigger irony of this is that a Trump actually doing this would further turn the world away from the US. If it was just Iran imposing the toll, over time the international community would sour on Iran for not moving past the war. This would economically benefit the US more than any direct cashflow from a toll ever would, as it would stabilize devestment from America. Now nobody will ever blame Iran for the toll, solidifying the loss in American soft power forever.

“Joint venture” wherein the USA saves a few trillion dollars by standing down in Iran, and Iran tolls every ship that passes.

Art of the Deal.

A carbon tax?! Demented Don the climate warrior!

God, what an idiot.

Iran: "Nah."

here's a joint venture idea to Trump: your goal is to fuck off as much as you can with your buddy Israel, and Iran does the toll collecting. Iran get benefits from tolls, and you get benefits by stabilising gas prices over time.

If Iran is sharing toll money with anyone, its China.

Gosh, I wonder what Iran thinks about that idea? The article has this to say:

Any “joint venture” was not part of Iran’s 10-point peace plan that the U.S. agreed to and the president previously called “workable.”

And that's it! Guess this one is still in the "concept of a plan" phase.

A collective "Fuck you, sit down and shut up" to Mr. Pedo would be nice.

Imagine what you do is so criminal the USA wants to join in 😂😂😂

Is anyone else considering it?

He would me more successful in trying to proclaiming reality into being if he said he was considering getting a pony.

WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON AROUND HERE? DID A SATIRE WRITER GET PROMOTED TO WRITING REAL LIFE? SOMEBODY MAKE LIKE SHE-HULK AND GO YELL AT THE PRODUCER OF THIS SHITSHOW REALITY!

"I'm really thinking about partnering with them to take some of that money they are never going to give me"

I'm considering a 'joint venture' with all billionaires where they give up all their wealth and we end world hunger, homelessness, and suffering.

Also my pet pig is considering a 'joint venture' with a set of wings to see how far he can fly.

We'll see which of these three happens first.

Trump realizing that he can't win. So he's just gonna pretend he's on the other side.

The "Make Iran Great Again" is real.

• End to sanctions
• Control of the strait with a toll that didn't exist before
• Price of oil absolutely boosting Irans economy
• Still have Uranium and should absolutely make a nuke. The North Korea defense doctrine is proven correct.

Damn. Iran literally couldn't get a better deal here.

All they'd have to do is call it the Trump Peace Tariff and wire him a cut of it and he'd let them set it as high as they want.

The Islamic Republic’s previous proposal to toll vessels drew criticism from Secretary of State Marco Rubio. He blasted the potential “tolling system” as “illegal” and “dangerous for the world,”

I just want to put emphasis that Marco Rubio is the straight man in this comedy routine, cause what the heck?

Begging for a piece of the action after losing the war.

If anything it should be a joint venture between Iran and Oman, the country on the other side of the strait that's mostly getting ignored in all this.