THIS JUST IN: Donald Trump Tells Iran, "No, YOU Shut Up"

So here's where we are. Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz. Trump demanded they reopen it. Iran said no. And Trump's response? He's going to close it himself.

Let that sink in for a second.

Trump is so furious that Iran won't let ships through the Strait that his solution is... to not let ships through the Strait. It's the foreign policy equivalent of storming off the basketball court because you're losing and taking the ball home — except the ball is twenty percent of the world's oil supply.

Here's the backstory. Iran has been charging ships to pass through the Strait — reportedly up to two million dollars, payable in yuan or crypto, according to multiple reports. The UN maritime chief called it illegal. Most of the world agreed. Trump called it extortion. All fair points. But rather than build a coalition to pressure Iran diplomatically, Trump announced a U.S. naval operation to "clear out" the Strait. No ships in. No ships out. Problem solved, right?

Wrong. Because now we're the ones choking off twenty percent of global oil trade. The U.S. just made itself responsible for a global supply shock that will drive inflation worldwide and hammer every economy on the planet — allies and adversaries alike. This problem didn't exist two months ago. Trump started a war with Iran, and now here we are.