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Tuesday, July 14, 2026

CNN has reported that 24 hours after proposing it, US President Donald Trump drops his demand for a 20% toll for cargo going through the Strait of Hormuz. Instead, he says, "Based on highly productive conversations with Middle East leadership, I have decided to replace the 20% United States Reimbursement Fee with Trade and Investment Deals that the various Gulf States will be making into the United States." President Donald Trump took a day to reverse his plans to charge a 20% toll on cargo going through the Strait of Hormuz, saying that Middle Eastern countries will instead make investment and trade deals with the U.S.

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That was quick.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-07-14 11:39 AM | Reply

Trump is negotiating with the voices in his head.

#2 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-07-14 11:52 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Mist be a record time Trump Turn- Around.

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-07-14 11:57 AM | Reply

Trump is negotiating with the voices in his head.

#2 | POSTED BY CLOWNSHACK

Those voices are increasingly all he listens to.

Unless he is properly medicated, the man's speech next Thursday is going to be crazy. In the literal sense.

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2026-07-14 11:59 AM | Reply

This, folks, is the President of the United States:

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Oil is flowing like never before, thanks to the awesome Power of the United States Military. A special salute to Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Caine, and Commander of the United States Central Command, Admiral Brad Cooper. Because of them, and all members of the Most Powerful Military anywhere in the World, BY FAR, the Strait of Hormuz is open to ALL Ship traffic except for Iran " and that is because of their lying, violent, malicious leadership, which is taking them down the path of TOTAL DESTRUCTION. We will therefore have a FULL Blockade, but only on Ships coming to and from Iranian ports, or carrying anything have to do with Iranian cargo. Based on highly productive conversations with Middle East leadership, I have decided to replace the 20% United States Reimbursement Fee with Trade and Investment Deals that the various Gulf States will be making into the United States. Those Investments will be MASSIVE but, at the same time, extraordinarily good for them, and their future. As everyone is aware, we have the largest Dollar Investment into the United States, of any Country in History, but these new Investments will make that Number even larger, and we will see Factories, Plants, and Equipment pour into the United States at Historic levels, which will create additional millions of High Paying AMERICAN Jobs! America is WINNING again, winning like never before. The days of Iran killing hundreds of thousands of people, including 52,000 protestors, are OVER and, most importantly, IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
https:
//truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116918941071241802

There, problem solved.

#5 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-07-14 12:01 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Each day, at the break of dawn, Satan awakens, takes a simple breakfast of sugared fetuses w/ milk, rapes his favorite 3 year old sex slave, mangles a few dozen puppies on a lark, and laments that he'll never be as evil as Donald J. Trump.

#6 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-07-14 12:07 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Re 5

Unbelievable actually.

Don't let these shakes go on
It's time we had a break from it
It's time we had some leave
We've been living in the flames
We've been eating up our brains
Oh, please, don't let these shakes go on"

How long will these shakes go on?

As long as The People continue to allow it.

#7 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-14 12:18 PM | Reply

Unless he is properly medicated, the man's speech next Thursday is going to be crazy. In the literal sense.
#4 | POSTED BY ZED

So it'll be something about something about Iran and how swimmingly things are going in the wake of our glorious victory at the Battle of Pistachio Flats, commies are trying to steal the election like they weren't able to do until MAGAJesus oozed back into the White House, smart Uncle John and the nuclear, wind turbines and birds, stock market up (especially if you're an inside trader), and all the other usual and unusual rubbish associated with a tired, old act for which the general, bored response these days seems to be: "Oh, for chrissakes, give him the hook."

(Ratings could be interesting.)

#8 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-07-14 12:24 PM | Reply

the man's speech next Thursday

What speech is that? I thought you guys do everything on Tuesdays?

#9 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-07-14 01:25 PM | Reply

@#5 ... Oil is flowing like never before ...

130 ships per day are passing through the Strait?

#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-14 02:18 PM | Reply

#6

Amen!

#11 | Posted by Corky at 2026-07-14 02:30 PM | Reply

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