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TRUMP’S BIGGEST THREAT YET: “NO TANKER GETS THROUGH HORMUZ, EVEN IF IT’S CHINESE” nt

Trump was blunt on Fox News: “It’s going to be all or none. We’re not going to let Iran make money on selling oil to people that they like and not people that they don’t like.” That line is aimed at one country: China, whose tankers have been the main beneficiaries of Iran’s toll system throughout the war.

🇺🇸🛢️ TRUMP: "NO TANKER GETS THROUGH HORMUZ, EVEN IF IT'S CHINESE"📡 -  YouTube

The order is clear: intercept “every vessel in international waters that has paid a toll to Iran.” “No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas,” he wrote on Truth Social. CENTCOM confirmed the blockade starts tomorrow Monday at 10am ET.

Until now, Iran had allowed Chinese, Indian, Pakistani and Russian tankers through, charging up to $2 million per ship in Chinese yuan. Those ships are exactly the ones Trump just put in his crosshairs. Axios puts it bluntly: this order “could put the U.S. on a collision course with more countries depending on Iran for oil.”