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The Jones Act is actually pretty harmful to a lot of the U.S.
and raises costs on other things.
I'm sure Puerto Rico would love to see the act go away permanently.
Maybe the waiver could give the data to show that this isn't actually working for everyone.
Anyway, it's just a thought.
Y'all have a good day.
Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's Belle again.
So today, we're going to talk about Trump's war undermining U.S.
sanction power all over the world.
As Trump tries to balance the desire to project strength and stability to his base at home, while dealing with the consequences and second-order effects of his elective war with Iran,
The biggest announcement is that the Trump administration is considering waiving sanctions on Iranian oil that's currently at sea.
That's about 140 million barrels worth.
The hope is to slow the rising prices of the pump by increasing global supply.
The oil could theoretically end up in places like Indonesia, Japan, or India.
Treasury Secretary and former soybean man Scott Besant said,
In the coming days, we may unsanction the Iranian oil that's on the water.
It's about 140 million barrels.
That's about 10 days to two weeks of supply that the Iranians had been pushing out that would have all gone to China.
In essence, we will be using the Iranian barrels against the Iranians to keep the price down for the next 10 to 14 days as we continue this campaign.
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