So apparently the ceasefire deal includes Iran continuing to charge tolls (split with Oman) on transit through the Strait, as reported by the NYT, AP and others.

If that's true, I have a hard time seeing this as anything other than a capitulation by Trump. Just abject surrender.

April 08, 2026 - 01:06 UTC

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Of course it’s surrender, it’s a total failure, classic Trump. At least he won’t kill any more people, for now. The question is, when Israel breaks the ceasefire, will Iran close the Strait again, to see who can be persuaded to put pressure on Israel to STFU? India? Japan? Korea?
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Two weeks ago, I speculated that Spain, the most Iran/Palestine-sympathetic major European nation, might eventually be pissed off enough to deploy its (quite large, if totally inexperienced) air force vs. Israel. Very unlikely, but IF it does happen, you heard it here first!
bsky.app/profile/yardcg.bsky.social/post/3mhqhzqcmv22c
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At 130 ships/day, that's a cool quarter billion dollars a day. You can buy a lot of Iranian caviar with that kind of cash.
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The US doesn't transit any ships through the Strait...and asked for assistance in forcing Iran to open the Strait...you can call it surrender if you like but the US has nothing to gain by negotiating for a toll free passage.

Yes, there are going to be hard feelings...unavoidable.
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Nothing to gain? You sure?

"Rajesh Verma, an analyst at the maritime trade consultancy Drewry....estimates that the toll Iran is considering could add an extra $2 to the price of a barrel of crude oil if the $2 million fees were to be officially implemented..."

english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2026-04-06/a-toll-in-the-strait-of-hormuz-irans-condition-for-peace-that-could-raise-oil-prices-indefinitely.html
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It’s the American taxpayers who pay for it
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If this holds I cannot wait to see CENTCOM stew. The entire warfighter cult is going to have to eat this shit sandwich and call it victory. I used to joke that they are the Kwangtung Army but even then I cannot see them trying to use violence on their Turdpants God Emperor or their dude bro Avatar.
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Fucking orange grifting moron.
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I think Trump is getting a cut of the transit fee revenue. Maybe this was always the intent.
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is Trump getting a kickback from Oman?
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Exactly. And even Iran (the undiclosed "present")? If so, big win for Trump. Just the confusion that Trump is operating in the interest of the US, not himself.
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Ten Point Plan TACO Tuesday is every April 7 from now on for me.

Bittersweet schadenfreude AF holiday.

I can't even with this fucking guy. Since Sunday I've been thinking TACO Tuesday???? I hate this so much.

Why not celebrate it?
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Instead of American's paying for his stupidity the whole world gets to now.
WTG Merika
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CNN accurately reported this and Trump/Brendan Carr lost their sh*t.

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So other countries will be paying $2M per ship, which will PAY FOR ALL DEVASTATION, DESTRUCTION, and DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE U.S. and ISREAL.
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Pretty much...but the upside is, investments in clean energy is skyrocketing...and the Gulf States are planning pipelines 'downstream' from the Straits.

Iran will not be ruling the world any time soon...
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Trump lost the war; lost it before he foolishly started it, in fact
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TACO Tuesday!
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I heard from some one on UTUBE, who appeared coherent, mention that the straight was open for business as usual, except for American, and those allied with American, tankers, and food and supply ships.

So, the ceasefire I believe, means we don't shoot.
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Good. Mother fuck the USA.
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AP reporting cease fire was rejected 🤷🏼‍♂️
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And Trump and MAGA thought the JCPOA was a bad deal. 🤣🤣🤣
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Art of the deal!
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Shush shush. If you are speaking in English, anywhere your words might be quoted or reach Mar-a-Lago, say nothing to cause the old man to doubt he is winning. Millions upon millions of lives are better off this way.
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The loser lost the war he started.
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Congrats to MAGAts for making Iran a world power in one month!!
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Trump is getting a cut though or free oil. I guarantee it.
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Investing in Chinese language learning resources as we speak
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Apparently, being able to read things requires one to learn less than might be expected! (Pronunciation is notoriously another matter entirely...)

hanzicraft.com/lists/frequency
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These tolls will be paid by China, in RMB, helping to bring it closer to a reserve currency. 100 million per day to each Oman and Iran is a freaking BONANZA gift from Trump to our enemies..
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At least America's ability to export global terror is dwindling✨
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Not if he’s getting cut ….
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TACO
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He's a master of the shart of the deal.
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And they will begin to charge other countries. He set a precedent that fucked us all over including other countries, all because he wanted to blow up Iran and kill little girls in a school - instead of using big boy words and diplomacy. I freaking despise that man.
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Taco
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Trump is just buying time to work on the design of pre-teen-girls' dormitories beneath his new ballroom.
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How much of a kickback from Oman will Trump be getting ??
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Unless he’s getting a piece of that through Oman. 🤷
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For comparison, the JCPOA ('Iran Deal') payment that everyone in MAGA excoriates was $1.7bn.

The $2m-per-ship toll regime on the Strait would generate at normal traffic something like $40bn *each year* for Iran (120 ships per day at $2m per split 50/50 with Oman).
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genuine question: who are they payers in the current negotiated scenario (limited though our understanding of it is) for the Iran/Oman toll here? The company owning the ships in question? The government under which they are flagged?
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Trump is the Inflationator.
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And Iran never actually got the money from Obama.
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how many barrels does a tanker hold (roughly speaking)
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And that’s 1.7b that was Iran’s own money already that had been sanctioned.
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So the terms of the ceasefire, if they held beyond the end of hostilities, would be Trump giving Iran something like 25-Iran-Deals worth of cash *per year* in exchange for not limiting their nuclear program at all, apparently (they have not promised to give up the HEU).
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It may have outed the US as a paper tiger, permanently destroys its standing in the world, cost 2 billion dollars a day and depleted is ammunition for years to come, but at least now everything will be more expensive and iran gets 40 million dollars for the us every day.
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It’s a good thing MAGA can’t math or they would be pissed
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For persepective: bsky.app/profile/mryeswecan.bsky.social/post/3miyf2gbsls2g
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Making Iran Great Again!
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And it only cost the US a billion a day to achieve this “art of the deal” miracle.
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But hey, this deal wasn’t done by a black guy and Americans actually died this time!
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All it needs is a slight change to the deal, up the strait toll to $4 million, and the US gets half. Win-win.
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He probably wants a cut of that money too
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Wondering what’s Trumps cut on the tolls?
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This morning, before seeing this, I had a thought that Tyrant Trump’s threats yesterday were him puffing out his chest to look tough while negotiations were going on behind the scenes so when it got announced he’d look strong for making it happen.

This just solid that idea.
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The smart thing would be for liberals to applaud and cry best deal ever, a deal Obama could never have made. So Trump does not go back to war.
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Demand the release of the Epstein files!
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bsky.app/profile/patricklovellpresentsthecleannewdeal.com/post/3miweyyu2sk2w
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TACO
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www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/iran-says-us-accepts-10-point-plan-for-ending-war/3896929
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War was lost on day one and that's not even the worst thing. Petrodollar is gone wait till people see what that is gonna do to inflation
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Shhh! He needs to think he won!
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This conditional surrender by the US put the US in a much worse position than before they started the Iran war.
At enormous cost. It's a huge self-inflicted wound to America.
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There is no way out of the dilemma. You can't win the hand if you do not have the cards. (The way to win is not to play but it's too late for that.)
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We love to see it, don't we folks
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Art of the deal. He’s gotta be getting some $ out of it.
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And WHERE'S THE URANIUM??
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Here, apparently. Inside a tunnel whose entrance had been buried with construction equipment by now, and inside casks that weigh 12 tons each because their walls are a foot of cast iron from every side.

thebulletin.org/2026/03/analysis-iran-likely-transferred-highly-enriched-uranium-to-isfahan-before-the-june-strikes/
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Continuing?!?

This is as new thing my man.

A new revenue stream.
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Aw, that's sweet. They didn't forget their buddy Oman.
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Honestly it’s pretty nice of them to cut Oman in, it’s probably an apology for bombing them even though they had much fewer US bases than their neighbours.
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It’s this or stay in longer, get more people killed, and eventually accept worse terms.
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Art of the Deal, baby. Art of the Deal. 🤷
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Hey dumb Americans, just so you know, you don't have a President. You have the Greatest Bestest Emperor Overlord Supreme Leader Of All Time as your ruler. Why? Because he says so. And there's nothing you can do about it and he will therefore do as he pleases. Senate & Congress are duds
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So trumps temper tantrum means we all pay more at the pump, permanently. Got it.

#impeach
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This will be the biggest humiliation in American🇺🇸 history 👇
Paper tiger & art of the deal 🔥
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The orange bitch had no choice. He lost the war in a week and the military was starting to rebel. He is a week psychotic freak just like war criminal Netanyahu.
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They should add Point #11 to the proposed deal:
Donald Trump will resign and turn himself in at the Hague.
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