Iran wants Strait of Hormuz "Tolls" paid via Bitcoin

Wasn't*It was Bush 41 that arrested Noriega?

So Trump misjudged the situation completely, bombed and killed almost 200 10 year old girls, drove up the cost of gas, sparked war and conflict throughout multiple countries and he's now negotiating to open a strait that was already open. He is possibly the dumbest negotiator of all time.

My Bad: late-1989/easrly-1990 - George HW Bush snatched up Noriega.

@dustyj so a nuke armed Iran, with ICMBs in development, and missiles that can go 2,500 miles today was acceptable?

Trump couldn't tell anyone in NATO we were going to hit Iran as they would have ratted us out with TDS and their love for their Muslim "immigrants." Once we hit Iran, NATO countries should have saddled-up to help secure the Strait as they depend on that crude and LNG, even ME countries should have secured the transport of THEIR OIL & LNG. It's a shame we can't trust NATO Allies. NATO Countries are just like Dems: they use people for their money and that is all they care about.

The most stupid-ass POTUS was Biden when he had the Taliban, THE TALIBAN, provide security at a small, single runway airport in AFG rather then Bagram the largest and most secured on earth. THEN he didn't tell our NATO allies we were bugging out and left 1,000s of Americans and Europeans behind to fend for themselves. And besides, Biden may have authorized it, he sure didn't plan or understand what was going on. Biden was just a Dem Tool, never made any decisions without "advisors" telling him what to do his entire life in DC, and now the Dems have totally abandoned him. His "library" will be on the corner of his driveway on a 4"x4" fence post.

Until you even try to understand "The Art Of The Deal" you'll just be a lost little cupcake thinking "NO KINGS" and "TRUMP IS A FASCIST!"

DustyJ is literally the single dumbest fucking traitor ever posting on this site. People who say NO KINGS = dumb fucks.

I take that as a compliment from you skibum. The Art of the Deal? Trump was basically broke when he landed his role on The Apprentice. He inherited 400 million from Daddy and despite cheating everyone he ever did business with he still managed to do almost the impossible of bankrupting casinos and failing at numerous businesses. That's what happens when you've never had to make something from nothing. He does not know how to deal with a budget and make something successful. If Trump was put in charge of an Arby's today it would be bankrupt a year from now.

seattletimes.com. This is how successful The Art of the Deal was before starting on The Apprentice

@dustyj so how many golf courses, hotels and condos have you built, oh and ran for POTUS? I really don't care how much his dad gave/loaned him. At least he had the stones to put a fork in Iran that really needed to be done before they actually nuked-up.

However, with Biden, Inc, Bagman Hunter and his brother now that was on the back of Taxpayers'. Had "Let's Go Brandon" not have grifted his way into the Senate, he'd had been an ambulance chaser attorney at best. Biden is the real problem all the way to the beach.

Facts are irrelevant to you mogul. Trump had 90 million in business losses the year he started on The Apprentice. That's successful? If he wouldn't have gotten an acting role pretending to be something he isn't, a successful businessman on The Apprentice he would likely be broke right now. Interestingly everyone from New York knew he was a con man. They remember him getting his planes repossessed and knew he was a failure. You're big on stones mogul. Would you put up all of your money into a business deal with Trump? He's so successful, The Art of the Deal right. You might as well light your money on fire because you know you'd never see any of that money again.

Just remember, every cloud has a silver lining. When we have to surrender to Iran to get the Straits of Hormuz open, Shia temporary marriages to our favs may turn out to be cheaper than VIP!

@dustyj "If he wouldn't have gotten an acting role pretending to be something he isn't, a successful businessman on The Apprentice he would likely be broke right now."

Well, he's not broke, he's a 2x POTUS, negotiated more peace in the ME than any POTUS before him, fixed an ice rink in NYC that the Dems fooled around with for years and wasted Millions of Dollars to fix w/TAXPAYER Dollars - Trump offered to fix it and did it less than 6 months and under budget and it is a delight to use today - has superb condos, golf courses, resorts and very good wine. Can you say the same? How many books have you written? Good or not, how many? How many conflicts and wars have you ended? It must really be hard being such a success, eh?

I noted your silence on Biden, Inc. That is typical of TDS. Block out what you don't want to believe.

Life is tough especially for stupid people.

Iran has changed from a brutally repressive theocratical dictatorship to brutally repressive military-led dictatorship. The military leadership is using extortion to generate funds to enrich themselves at the expense of their citizens and the global order. Hence, untraceable bitcoin ransoms and digital fees. Let's wait to see what emerges from negotiations during this ceasfire. I sure am relieved that JD Vance is leading the delegation instead of Tampon Tim.

Trump is sacrificing his popularity and favorability ratings to leverage his term-limited finale to tackle the big problems that previous administrations ignored and the democrat party actively worked to create. Maybe he should have waited until after the midterms?

^ "Maybe he should have waited until after the midterms?"

The House and Senate have extremely paper thing GOP margins, and too many GOP'ers are RINOs. I'll give credit to the Dems, they know how to hold the line.

I think Trump made a calculation w/his crew that the potential to flip Congress Red is significant even if the economy would grow significantly in 2026. Even with lower gas pump prices and inflation, the MSM stayed on HATE TRUMP narrative, and not helping to improve America. MSM and Public Ed are plain evil/anti-American - they 100% support the Globalist Socialist Movement dating back to ramming speed with Obama.

I think we learned that Iran was way more advanced with long range missiles and enriched Uranium that it was necessary to hit Iran hard. After the July 2025 hit, Iran did not back-down, and we just pissed them off like shaking a hornet's nest. I think he decided it was time hit Iran as they were too close to a nuke on a missile, and I'm glad he did. If not now, he loses Congress, Iran would be nuclear armed. The Strait is now the Holy Grail to secure.

There is a mess to clean-up, primarily the IRGC who now controls Iran and are Islamic Revolutionaries like post-WWII Japanese soldiers defending their Pacific Islands to their death.

I'm 98% sure we'll be hitting Iran 1 minute after the 2-week cease fire ends with Iran still making unacceptable demands.

We've dumped Billions into Ukraine for a stalemate that the Dems support. Had Biden allowed Ukraine to be unleashed, the outcome there would probably have been better. We know why Russia went into Ukraine as it was clear Biden's balls were sucked up to his Adam's Apple.

Trump had 90-days to get Iran crushed, and it doesn't look like it will happen. Congress has way too many GOP cowards. And NATO is just taking a knee to their Muslim immigrants. It's to Iran's and the Dems' TDS advantage to drag this out as long as possible.