If the US president’s war enabled Iran to weaponise the strait in the first place,the preposterous 20 per cent toll proposal only gives them more ammunition.
Donald Trump was quick to celebrate some surprising economic news,but his own actions mean his joy will probably be short-lived.
The US president had proposed a 20 per cent fee on cargo passing through the waterway,but said he would instead seek additional investment deals with Gulf states.
US forces have carried out another round of strikes on military targets in Iran as the US naval blockade on Iranian ports resumes.
The US president’s proposed extortionate 20 per cent toll destroys what little credibility he had left.
If we wanted more proof that Donald Trump has no real strategy in the war he started,we just got it.
The Sunshine Protection Act,recently endorsed by a bipartisan committee 48 to one,is backed by Donald Trump and goes to a vote in US Congress this week.
Extremism has become a virtue. I saw it when MAGA men actually seemed to admire Trump for allegedly having sex with Stormy Daniels. Then the Democrats stood by their candidate despite his many apparent sins.
Donald Trump’s plan to charge ships to use the strait would be a marked departure from the US’ previous insistence that passage through the crucial waterway should be free and open for all.
It is the second such fatality in seven days since an ICE officer shot and killed a 52-year-old man during a pursuit in Houston last week.