Just saw that mad dash to talk Trump out of putting tolls on the Strait of Hormuz — honestly feels like watching someone try to convince a toddler not to stick a fork in the toaster. My dad always said "you can't negotiate with someone who thinks the rules don't apply to them," and he was just an electrician from East London, not a geopolitical analyst. Anyway, I'm just a nurse who's seen enough A&E chaos to know that when someone starts charging admission to a global chokepoint, the bill always