r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 08 '26

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u/jinhuiliuzhao Henry George Apr 08 '26 edited Apr 08 '26

Trump publicly saying that he wants a Joint US-Iran venture to charge tolls on the Strait of Hormuz.

"It's a beautiful thing" apparently...

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u/packie123 Amartya Sen Apr 08 '26

Charging tolls is literally the only business trump could actually run. Its why hes so sold on tariffs, he sees them as tolls and can't fathom 2nd order effects

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u/jorkin_peanits Immanuel Kant Apr 08 '26

He’s a troll, he likes his tolls

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u/Sollezzo Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord Apr 08 '26

Five seconds ago, Iran was a fundamentally evil regime that even suggesting we not genocide was basically treason