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America: I've had enough.
Iran: I didn't hear no bell.
They have no reason to start letting US ships through the strait and America has no ability to stop them.
Well according to Chief Cheeto, that doesn't matter because the USA "doesn't use it" 🤦♂️
Ignore the $4/gal sign at your nearest gas station.
America is a net exporter of oil, Trump could limit the export of oil or make a deal with Venezuela or reduce domestic demand by investing in mass transit and renewables, but any of those would be as bizarre as expecting Richard Nixon to make a trade deal with communist china.
A whole new transit network is not going to be there in time for the midterms. Venezuela's oil industry isn't what it used to be, and the US is a net exporter anyway, like you said.
Banning export might actually cure the symptom. The costs would not be zero either, though.
Banning export means everyone would charge import price -0.01$ per unit for their oil products, same as it is now. At least until storage is filled which will take a good bit of time (US strategic oil reserves are basically empty). The US gas prices aren't high because there is no gas in the US, there is just more profit in selling it overseas.
The nationality of the ships isn't important.
Anyway, Iran won't keep antagonizing the entire world if their existence isn't at risk. They haven't been acting like crazy.
It is; Iranian, Indian and Chinese shipping, among others, is being allowed through the straits. Also you're right, but as long as America gets to just bomb them at any moment their existence is at risk, so they'll want some kind of guarantee this won't happen again.
If it's closed to the US, the ships that go there will just register at Malaysia or whatever.
Remember the Houthi blockade? It's not that simple.
Nationality matters. Didn't India negotiate passage for their ships? I can imagine Iran will happily let ships through from countries that cut ties with the US. Don't host US bases, don't use dollars to pay for oil. That sort of thing.
Maybe allowing any country's ships through except the us ships would be better.
It shows that Iran is open to some form of conversation or negotiation whilst also saying to the us that their war starting shit won't be tolerated.
And to come back in 12-15 years after there's been a few different presidents to see if they've changed their warmongering ways. (<-- Haha, yeah)
Backing off means allowing Israel/US to do this again in the future. I don't think they're done yet especially since their Supreme Leader got assassinated by the US.
Their existence is at risk as long as the US has military bases in the region.
Well, Iran has goals, but just ruining the world isn't one of them. Probably they'll charge fees and let traffic through selectively.
Negotiating an official solution to reopening it with other regional nations it is also a possibility. They can always shut it again if the US comes back.