NO MORE TOLLS, NO MORE TALK: TIME TO DROP THE HAMMER ON TEHRAN

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By John DiMauro

Thursday, May 28, 2026

DELUSIONAL DEMANDS: THE TOLL BOOTH TO NOWHERE

The diplomatic charade has officially reached peak absurdity. While the U.S. and its allies hold the line on the naval blockade, suffocating the Iranian regime to the tune of $500 million a day, the Mullahs have the audacity to demand a ransom.

Tehran’s newly concocted "Persian Gulf Strait Authority" is attempting to extort the global economy by charging a ridiculous $2 million toll per vessel to transit international waters.

Secretary Scott Bessent accurately called this exactly what it is: a desperate cash grab by a regime suffocating under economic pressure. We are blockading their ports and dismantling their economy, yet our diplomats are still entertaining the fantasy that these extortionists want a reasonable deal.

MISSILES FLYING: THE CEASEFIRE SHAM

If you want to know what Iran thinks of these ongoing negotiations, look at the sky, not the negotiating table. Late Wednesday night, Tehran shattered any illusion of peace by launching ballistic missiles directly targeting a U.S. base in Kuwait.

While Kuwaiti air-defense forces successfully intercepted the incoming fire, U.S. Central Command rightly branded the assault as an egregious ceasefire violation against a critical regional ally. Every time we pause to talk, they reload and fire.

KINETIC RETALIATION: SMASHING THE IRGC IN BANDAR ABBAS

The kinetic response from our military was immediate and decisive. U.S. forces swatted down four one-way attack drones menacing the Strait of Hormuz before executing a precision strike on an IRGC ground control station near the Bandar Abbas International Airport, neutralizing it just as it prepared to launch a fifth drone.

This follows a relentless week of self-defense strikes targeting missile launch sites and minelaying boats across southern Iran. This is not the behavior of a government acting in good faith; this is a terrorist syndicate lashing out because they are cornered.

THE FOLLY OF NEGOTIATION

We have to ask ourselves a very serious question: is it even worth it to make a deal with these people? Any agreement signed by the IRGC isn't worth the paper it is printed on.

They have repeatedly shown that they view diplomacy as a weakness to be exploited, using talks as a smokescreen to test our resolve and plot their next strike.

Even worse, giving an inch on the Strait of Hormuz negotiations—like allowing them to legitimize their piracy—sets a disastrous precedent that destroys centuries of customary international maritime law. You do not negotiate with a rabid dog; you eliminate the threat.

POUND THEM INTO DUST

President Trump has drawn the line, and it is time to enforce it with overwhelming, uncompromising force. We have the military superiority, the pre-sighted targets, and the kinetic dominance to finish this.

Stop the back-channel talks, pull the diplomats out of the room, and let the military do its job. If the regime wants to play games with missiles and extortion, we need to answer with bunker-busters and Tomahawks.

We don't need a new treaty; we need to continue to pound them with bombs until their capacity to wage war is permanently erased. Total capitulation is the only deal on the table.

In reality, The IRGC needs to be dismantled and the crown Prince should be reinstated and the Iranian people should be freed from this brutal terrorist organization. Their actions prove that they cannot be trusted.