DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States is warning shipping companies that they could face sanctions for making payments to Iran to safely pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
The alert posted Friday by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control adds another layer of pressure in the standoff between the U.S. and Iran over control of the Strait of Hormuz.
About a fifth of the world’s trade in oil and natural gas typically passes through the strait at the mouth of the Persian Gulf in peacetime.
Iran effectively closed the strait to normal traffic by attacking and threatening to attack ships after the U.S. and Israel launched a war on Feb. 28. It later began offering some ships safe passage by detouring them through alternate routes closer to its shoreline, charging fees at times for the service.
So he started with attacking and thretening Iran to now threatening shipping companies with sanctions (no idea how the fuck that’s supposed to work). American businesses are gonna love that.
When this doesn’t work what’s next? Threatening people (you and me) who buy gas (and other stuff) from Iran with sanctions? Again no idea how that would work but drumpf is so dumb he’ll believe it’s a viable option.