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Schrödinger's Strait - Trump Thread #162A

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Spandauer · 19/04/2026 14:58

The Strait of Schrödinger remains open and closed, safe and dangerous, insurable and uninsurable, blockaded and free.

"You put your tanker in, you put your tanker out
In, out, in, out, you sail it all about
You do the Straits of Hormuz and you turn around
That’s what it’s all about!"

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

Got overwhelmed by the 🍊💩's idiot fuckery last time and missed out thread #161 so have designated this one as fake #162...A

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RedTagAlan · Today 00:40

Echobelly · Yesterday 18:52

Ugh, I can't believe we're either all going to have our holidays abroad cancelled, or be charged a load more thanks to President Ballsack-Face. Such a fucking idiot. This is either going to drag on for many months+ or he'll agree to accept massive fees to cross the Strait (which is honestly a fair enough demand from Iran after all this) and then try to paint it as some fantastic deal for America somehow. 😬

The tolls Iran charged/ propose charging appears to be $1 per barrel. This comes from a 2 million barrel tanker being charged $2 million, and there was a smaller tanker charged less. What tolls Turd wanted to charge with his "joint venture", no idea. Although he has abandoned that.

Prewar we were about $70 per barrel. Now we are oscillating about $100. If the war ended today and normal service resumed, the toll, if it happens, would be near insignificant.

Iran charging the tolls would be illegal under UNCLOS, because freedom of navigation. However, the punishment for breaking UN law would be sanctions. And given that Iran is already sanctioned to the hilt and beyond ( the beyond being US unilateral sanctions), I don't think there is anything anyone could do.

However, the oil folk are saying that if the war ended today, it would take 2 years to get back to "normal".

Aviation fuel supply is a separate thing really, in a way. I can't get any info about that on my web. So we need the expertise of @notimagain . My understanding is that aviation fuel, esp jet fuel, is actually a pretty coarse thing. It's not as refined as petrol for example. So likes of Europe does not actually produce a lot. It's largely imported, because of economics. It's cheaper to refine it elsewhere and ship it as a finished product, rather than as raw crude ? But even then, it gets more complex because some airports are close to refineries, and in that case it makes economic sense to produce it locally and pipe it. Other airports need to import it, and it is piped from the docks to the airport I think. AND... this all plays a part in airport location too. Planes, especially long haul, use a lot of fuel.

Capitalism at work. Makes my head spin so it does.

RedTagAlan · Today 01:34

The world “has become somewhat of a casino.”

According to Trump. How many casinos did he bankrupt?

From CNN.

"President Donald Trump said Thursday he is concerned about the growing trend of betting on geopolitical events and that the world “has become somewhat of a casino.
Asked about a US special forces soldier who was arrested for allegedly betting on the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Trump said he was not familiar with the specifics and that he’d look into it.
That’s like Pete Rose betting on his own team,” the president said referring to the late baseball player who was banned from the major leagues for gambling.
Pressed on whether he is concerned about betting tied to the war with Iran, Trump said it’s a global issue.
Well I think that the whole world, unfortunately, has become somewhat of a casino,” Trump said, adding that such betting is happening “all over the world, and every place they’re doing these betting things.”
“Now, I think that I’m not happy with it,” he concluded."

And here is the story he was asked about:

US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400,000 on Maduro raid | CNN Politics

As a reminder, this "polymarket" gambling site has Don Jr as an "advisor", and it was Trumps federal regulators who allowed it to do what it does, days after Don Jr joined them. We need a tin foil hat emoji.

Polymarket authorized for U.S. return just days after Donald Trump Jr. joins as adviser - MarketWatch

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