Trump says US will be 'hangin' around' Strait of Hormuz: 'Big money' to be made

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

President Trump on Wednesday declared “big money” is to be made by the U.S. “hangin’ around” the Strait of Hormuz following a two-week ceasefire agreement reached between the U.S. and Iran.

Trump wrote on Truth Social that it was a “big day for World Peace” and that “Iran wants it to happen, they’ve had enough!”

“Likewise, so has everyone else!” the president continued. “The United States of America will be helping with the traffic buildup in the Strait of Hormuz. There will be lots of positive action! Big money will be made. Iran can start the reconstruction process.”

He added, “We’ll be loading up with supplies of all kinds, and just ‘hangin’ around’ in order to make sure that everything goes well.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-us-hangin-around-115528640.html

Trump says he’s considering ‘joint venture’ with Iran for Strait of Hormuz tolls

President Trump on Wednesday said he is considering the formation of a “joint venture” with Iran to set up tolls in the Strait of Hormuz after the Trump administration and Tehran agreed to a two-week ceasefire deal.

ABC News’s Jonathan Karl asked Trump if he approved of Iran’s plan to charge vessels a fee for passing through the strait — a key channel through which roughly 20 percent of the world’s oil is transported.

“We’re thinking of doing it as a joint venture,” the president told Karl, who shared Trump’s response on social platform X. “It’s a way of securing it — also securing it from lots of other people. It’s a beautiful thing.”

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.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-considering-joint-venture-132829597.html

Another Trump scam.

[RockRaven]

1. One way for non-worthless media to cover this statement would be to do some quick

arithmetic and show how FUCKING INNUMERATE The Dotard is.

Even if it was moral (it is not) and legal (it is not) to participate in the Strait Shakedown, it is a goddamned money loser because the US military costs a helluva lot of money to deploy, dumbass.

[tanyev]

2. Why don't YOU go hang around the Strait of Hormuz, Donny?

We’ll see how that goes first.

[magicarpet]

9. Really,.. great idea.

Give djt just a little dingy rowboat and an anchor with a long chain. Then park him in the deepest waters of the Hormuz Strait.

No food/water, no sunscreen, no life jacket just Speedo swim trunks, and no oars. Do they have hungry nasty sharks there ?

[redstatebluegirl]

11. Now I cannot get the visual of him in a speedo out of my mind! Yikes!

[magicarpet]

14. Look the other way,... the Speedo is bound to be bursting at the smeams due to all his lard and of course full of poop.

[Midnight Writer]

3. Iran should simply bigly invest in one of his scams and he will be their buddy.

[leftstreet]

4. Money to be made for Iran, you idiot n/t

[magicarpet]

15. The Baron of,...

... Iran's massive petroleum stockpiles and income from other extractive natural resources found in Persia. That djt hopes to redirect his way for a piece of the $$$$ action.

Ca-ching,.. ca-ching,.. as the djt cash register rings up incoming sales. More illicit funds and kickbacks now going through trDUMP's fingers than through Putin's fingers - as they seek to fatten their bank accounts.

[leftstreet]

16. I hope Iran calls the tolls TARIFFS

piss Trump off

[BlueTsunami2018]

5. Big money to be made for whom?

Not for me. Not for any of you. Not for the country.

For whom?

[BeyondGeography]

6. How low can he go?

Don’t ask.

[Attilatheblond]

7. Does he think he can position our ships just outside the strait and threaten to blow up passing ships if they don't pay?

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Pretty sure Navy Brass would be as opposed to that as the Air Force & Army brass where regarding destroying all those civilian infrastructure were. Seem to recall piracy still being sort of illegal.

Even after they canned all the JAG people, flag officers know the rules. Trump/Hesgseth think everybody else is dumber than Trump/Hegseth

edited to remove extraneous character, even tho Br/ass was kinda funny

[WSHazel]

8. That is absolutely what he thinks

And, as with Venezuelan oil, he will keep all of it personally. He has gone full mob boss.

[Attilatheblond]

20. Re his plans for Cuba:

Thinking he likes that area but fears prison so is looking for a new beachy/golfy habitat away fro US laws

[C_U_L8R]

10. Trump can't resist a good extortion caper.

Crook is gonna crook.

[Deuxcents]

12. TSF gotta wet his beak at every opportunity

[JBTaurus83]

13. Right. I doubt Iran agrees to this.

He’s spiraling now because he’s losing this war. Israel and Saudi will try to drag him back in because God forbid they sacrifice their own lives and money for their goals. Dump’s new MAGA is Make Ayatollahs Great Again!

[magicarpet]

17. djt's dream come true,...

Make All Persian Natural Resources....Mine.

[JBTaurus83]

19. He thinks everything belongs to him.

Unsurprising since up until now, he has basically been given anything he wants.

[highplainsdem]

18. He should just hang a banner on the WH: White House Crook Open For Business. Authoritarians Welcome.

[magicarpet]

21. Bring your,..

.... checkbook and bars of solid gold bullion.

The djt WH open for business up to January 20, 2030, and maybe beyond.