Strait of Hormuz: US threatens shipping firms with sanctions if they pay Iran tolls

Trump: No one gets a cut till I get my cut.

This will surely bring down the cost of gas.

This is gonna accelerate the adoption of the petro yuan

> Iran is charging tolls and the US is threatening sanctions on anyone who pays. This admin created a war, lost momentum, and is now just blocking ports while global shipping grinds to a halt and now it's just a strategy designed to look tough while civilian goods pile up at sea.

They're all about the stick, not the carrot. Straight out of the playground bully's playbook "Do as I say or else!". What a bunchh of losers.

So basically if you want oil, you'll need to do the entire set of transactions in Yuan between Chinese banks.  Or as the Chinese internet says: Trump, the Nation Builder.

So don’t sell to the USA if there are sanctions on them. All this does is further isolate the USA, what a dumbass.

We are the world’s bully

So real question here. If what Iran is doing is considered an act of economic terrorism. Then how come the US actions here aren’t simply more of the same? Isn’t this simply tit for tat economic terrorism?

It would be so great if we could just get Iran to agree to a nuclear arms control agreement. Like the agreement we had a few years back. The agreement with onsite inspections and monitoring. The agreement that Trump tore up.

This is pure insanity. There are calmer minds that are preventing him from using our nukes, but not stepping in when he does this? I guess the western world is ‘the mark’ and there’s just too much profit for the 1% to ignore.

Trump has proven time and time again that his words mean nothing. Why would anyone care anymore?

That flat out exacerbates the entire issue.

[https://www.marinevesseltraffic.com/HORMUZ-STRAIT/ship-traffic-tracker](https://www.marinevesseltraffic.com/HORMUZ-STRAIT/ship-traffic-tracker) This is fun. Last night I found an Indian-flagged ship departing the Gulf and watched it to see if it would cross. Started off at 6 knots and this morning it was through and now making 12 knots. Guess they paid.

Trump: We're the only pirates in this sea.

A guy who just posted a video, showing himself saying "winning" for an hour through an official account , is in control of the strongest army of the world. what could go wrong? [https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2050588054461489494?s=20](https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2050588054461489494?s=20)

So Congress, it’s gone longer than 60 days. What’s your lame excuse for abandoning the people you represent this time?

History will remember that letting the world's hegemon be responsible for order is a model that doesn't work

To think, the strait was open before this illegal war that was launched by the US and Israel. None of this needed to happen. It's a mess created by the belligerents.

You can't block the straight cause I just blocked the straight You can't charge tolls cause I'll charge bigger tolls You can't propose a deal cause im proposing a bigger deal. Children seem to be in charge.

Let him throw the next tantrum and get over with, the moment the world stop using the dollar to do these transactions the better it will be for everyone, no more bullshit threats of sanctions and tariffs. He also can't place any tariffs on nations, as the supreme court said. He already placed his bullshit 15% on everyone and it will have to go through congressional approval to renew those too.

I guess Trump hasn't spent enough time with his butt-buddy Putin to learn about shadow fleets.

Thought it was terminated. Buncha bullies 

The US thinks it’s stronger economically than it is.

If you pay THEM a toll...you can't do business with us. Except we need the oil, so I will change my mind later. We'll just raise prices and make the rubes pay the increase. Trump is a f****** imbecile.

Trump the Chump strikes again!

Lmao, I would love the big global shipping companies (none of which are american) to just pull that bluff, lets see US manage without their services.

Good luck getting products to America 🤣.

I don't understand his obsession with literally destroying the whole world. What's his endgame? What's the point? I just can't wrap my brain around what the f*** is wrong with this guy.

Man it was opened before and no toll. We know the cause. But again no solution.

Sanction away buddy. I don’t think anyone cares at this point.

Create a problem and then try to profit from it, truly the entrepreneurial spirit.

Who the f*** haven’t they threatened to sanction at this point?

Got it, so instead of cash tolls, it’ll be like France and South Korea. When their CMA ship passed, supposedly they didn’t pay a toll. The next day, France vetoed a UN security resolution against Iran. The day after a partially South Korean owned ship passed, the South Korean president began a PR campaign highlighting civilian casualties at the hands of Israel in Lebanon. So now, instead of just paying the IRGC a cash toll, the world will suddenly start looking extremely kind towards Iran for some reason. If there was ever any hope the US would gain some allies to attack Iran or worsen their situation, it’s gone now. That’ll probably be the condition required to get through the strait and prevent your economy from collapsing. The US offers nothing but their own inflated oil. I’ll be honest, as fucked up as this demonically evil regime in Iran is, murdering thousands, possibly tens of thousands, during the Mossad and US Treasury induced protests, theyve proven exceptionally smart and wiley. Like, honestly smarter than Russia or China have been in combating America. Their PR game is the best I’ve seen in an adversary. I think theyll find a way to continue to profit from the Strait.

**IRAN:** * the Iranian regime has not changed * the Iranian regime has MORE reason to hate the United Stats * is now MAKING money on the Strait of Hormuz by charging tolls * still has the nuclear material * has MORE reason than ever to achieve nuclear deterrence **The U.S.:** * has depleted it's munitions and the Pentagon now requires an additional $330billion to replenish what has been used * it will take years to fully replenish * has spent approx $50billion in operational costs on the War so far **INFLATION:** * Oil reached all time highs * Average Americans are paying 3-4x for their daily driving gasoline * Trucking companies are paying 3-4x for diesel and thus ground shipping costs have gone up * Goods that require petroleum are increasing in price: * Bottled water and anything else that is packaged in PLASTICS * Clothing that is made of polyester, nylon, acrylic, and spandex * Medications, vitamins, and supplements that are require CAPSULES * Laundry Detergents, Dish-Soap, Dishwashing Detergents, etc * Shoes, tires, and anything else that requires RUBBER * Cosmetics, shampoo, lotion, sunscreen, toothpaste... * Paint, solvents, coatings, sealants, tape... * TVs, laptops, mobile phones... * Airfare has risen almost 20% due to jet fuel costs * Airlines are cancelling entire flight routes / tens of thousands due to jet fuel shortages * International (maritime) shipping insurance premiums have increased 1000%!!! * Container rates have risen from $1,800 - $5,000+

This is great. It will keep gasoline prices high and hasten the adoption of EVs or even create an incentive for better public transportation systems. To bad about cryogenic gas and fertilizer, though.

America has turned into the crazy old guy in his undies yelling at everyone from his yard.

America is forcing dedollarization on the world. Lets see how that plays out for them.

I've never seen an administration be so blind

U.S. needs to leave people alone!

Trump, china's best PR firm. Keep alienating everyone USA. You're doing great

FDT today FDT tomorrow FDT for eternity

Please ELI5 me- who exactly are the people in the US who put out the threat about the sanctions? Who is actually meeting with each other and coming up with it? WHO do they notify so everyone gets the threat/word? Also, Who in the US actually came up with the idea to block the straight and then how does it come to pass so quickly? Who’s doing all this?! (Serious)

The US has no right to do that. This administration is a bunch of rich white male war criminals profiting off the rest of the world’s misery.

Bullying and threats is all the orangutan knows.

Is this anticapatalism?

Because distracting from The Epstien Files, and causing more financial distress to the average consumer is the goal.

This guy must've been so abused by his parents.

The only thing the Treasury is doing is enticing governments to set up an alternative payments system that bypasses SWIFT. Once they switch they will never go back. First Trump shows the Iranians why they need a nuke and now this. Talk about “The Wrong Stuff”.

What happens when the US is so ignored by the world that threatening sanctions no longer works? Will that be the nuke the world party? Whereafter someone explains nuclear fallout to trump and he $hits himself (into his diapers obviously. If there's anything left).

Iran is charging over $1 million per ship to transit. Some companies are paying because the alternative is routing around the Cape of Good Hope, which adds 10-15 days and roughly $400,000 in extra fuel costs per voyage. So the choice is paying Iran or losing two weeks of schedule. The US countered with its own naval blockade on April 13, stopping Iranian tankers from exporting. Now you have a dual blockade. Iran controls inbound traffic through tolls, the US Navy blocks outbound Iranian oil. About 20 million barrels a day normally move through Hormuz. That is a fifth of global oil consumption sitting in a chokepoint between two countries at war since February.

Iran should just start a crypto coin to funnel bribes…..uhhhh, I mean legitimate purchases. It works for Trump

Pride will ruin us lol. Allies turning, enemies watching as we mess up, the ppl are turning on each other because some glaze this administration after seeing what is still happening.

This will just encourage countries to move away from the dollar, pretty stupid but it explains how US foreign policy is largely dictated by Israeli-partisan entities.

*Iran has called the US interception of ships entering and leaving Iranian ports under the blockade "piracy".* Trump himself compared it to piracy… so what would you expect?

People are saying it, Trump is the greatest at tolling. Nobody tolls better than Trump.

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They really, really, really don’t want the economy to recover anytime soon. How many levels of sanction are we at now? I cannot imagine the total magnitude of side effects of that conflict if it goes like this for months to come

The US doesn’t have any of its own feet left to shoot.

Gotta pay the troll toll to get any of irans oil gotta pay the troll toll to get in

Breaking News……….U.S. Navy ordered by the DOD to take the lunch money of any kids on the beaches

How dare they pay ransom to anyone but the USA!

Trump is dead set against America.

nothing belongs to us over there, absolutely nothing

looks to me like US is going to sanction out themselves out of global trade if they keep on like this.