they can increase the fees until building infrastructure outside of their water/air/land becomes more economical, which means a long way to go. We will probably have a treaty at the end covering that strait too. And looks like it will have some fees in it. Until of course somebody delivers a crushing military defeat of Iran. And while technically i think US is capable of doing it, I wouldn't bet though that this pair of a pompous self-dealer and an incompetent alcoholic would be able to do it.

Same thing stopping Trump from randomly making up tariffs on allies or threatening to invade them.

The question for us is, do you side with the small bully, or the big bully?

Just another "mafia" that the world can do without ...