President Trump has taken the contest over the Strait of Hormuz beyond blockades, shipping lanes, and naval power. Speaking in Garden City, New York, he declared that once the United States finished defeating Iran, he would “pretty soon” designate the strait as American territory. He reinforced the point by noting that the United States controls…
Start the War First, Build the Coalition Later?
The current scramble to assemble an international response to the Strait of Hormuz crisis feels backward. Not a little backward, but fundamentally backward. President Trump is urging allies and global powers to help secure one of the most critical arteries of global trade. That ask, on its own, is completely reasonable. The Strait of Hormuz…
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