Iran´s Strait of Hormuz Simple Plan

What if...?

Let’s strip geopolitics down to its bare bones. Forget the speeches, the alliances, the long policy papers. At its core, power often comes down to something much simpler: control over something others can’t avoid. In this case, the Strait of Hormuz isn’t just a stretch of water, it’s a pressure point. A narrow artery through which a massive portion of the world’s oil must pass. That alone creates a kind of leverage most countries can only dream of. You don’t need to dominate the globe when you can quietly hold your hand over a valve that everyone depends on.

Once that reality is accepted, the next step practically writes itself: monetize it. But how? You might ask. Frame it as security, as stability, as a necessary service in uncertain times. Ships aren’t being “charged,” they’re contributing to safe passage. The brilliance here isn’t just in collecting money, it’s in normalizing the idea that this passage comes with a price. And if those payments start happening in alternative forms, crypto, non-dollar currencies, unconventional channels, then something bigger begins to shift beneath the surface. It’s no longer just a toll; it’s a quiet experiment in reshaping how global trade operates.

But now, here’s where the tone turns darker and more human. Systems don’t make decisions. People do. And people aren’t always rational in the clean, textbook sense. Some are cautious, institutional, slow. Others are instinctive, transactional, and drawn to opportunity. So instead of only thinking in terms of countries and policies, this thought experiment asks a different question: what happens when you factor in the psychology of the individual at the top? What if you somehow learn to… handle that certain kind of personality, you learn how to approach and talk to that unpredictable variable?

Well, that’s where this “unthinkable” idea comes in and please, do not claim it to be official policy, nor write it down anywhere, please don´t. Just bring it forth as something that could be quietly floated in the shadows of diplomacy. A proposition framed not in ideology, but in pure incentive. No speeches, no flags, no history, just numbers. A split. Something designed not to be announced, but to be considered. 

Allow me to be blunt and spell it out for all of you. 

Step 1: Turn the Strait of Hormuz into a toll booth (already done ✔️)– Charge up to $2M per tanker– Accept crypto, yuan, vibes… whatever works.

Step 2: Realize 20% of the world’s oil has no choice but to pass through anyway.

Step 3: Open a quiet backchannel to Donald Trump

Step 4: Slide a very modern proposal across the table:

“Sir, forget geopolitics… how about a 50/50 toll split? Paid in crypto. Fast. Clean. No paperwork. No bombs, no war, only peace.¨

Step 5: Sit back and watch:

• If he says no → nothing lost

• If he says yes → congratulations, you just privatized geopolitics

Step 6: Worst case scenario? He gets caught. Best case scenario? Everyone pays… and nobody asks too many questions.

The power of such an idea is in planting the seed and letting human nature wrestle with it privately.

And if nothing comes of it? Like I said before, nothing is lost. The chokepoint remains. It´s already theirs. The tolls continue. The leverage holds. But if - even hypothetically - it’s entertained, then something subtle shifts. Not a dramatic collapse of systems, but a quiet bending of them. The kind that doesn’t make headlines immediately, but changes how decisions are made behind closed doors.

All the while, the public posture stays clean and consistent. The messaging never changes: protection, sovereignty, stability. From the outside, everything looks like standard geopolitical behavior. Inside, however, the strategy is doing something more nuanced - monetizing necessity, leveraging ambiguity, and allowing others to carry the visible weight of risk.

And that’s the uncomfortable punchline to all of this. We like to believe the world runs on grand strategies, deep ethics, and carefully constructed alliances. And sometimes it does. But many times, it runs on leverage, incentives, and dark selfish human decision-making. When geography, money, and psychology intersect in just the right way, things don’t get more complex.

They get simpler. Uncomfortably simple.

Thanks for reading. Abrazos.

Diego Rojas