we are at the point in the timeline when
reduced oil flow out of the Persian Gulf is causing a global economic collapse
so
Trump threatens to blockade the trickle that is still being shipped.
also
the moran is going to interdict the tankers that paid the toll. Iranian and Chinese tankers are not paying the toll, which means that the last emperor is going turn the U.S. Navy into pirates to fuck with U.S. allies like South Korea, Japan and Australia.
pure genius.