Trump Says Iran Will Pay for Ship Damage With Its Frozen Assets
The U.S. and Iran are back to trading midnight air strikes, but this time there is a billing twist.
The U.S. spent over two hours blasting Iranian military hubs, drone depots, and comms networks. Iran fired back with drone attacks on American bases in Jordan and Bahrain, sending air raid sirens blaring across the region.
Trump announced that any commercial ships damaged in the Strait of Hormuz will be repaired using Iran's frozen bank accounts. It is basically garnishing an entire country's wages for fender benders in a global shipping choke point.
Iran's top diplomat called it normalization of government confiscation, warning that global financial chaos was bound to follow.
Navigating international waters has officially turned into a valeted parking dispute with fighter jets.
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