Trump Shifts Iran War Goals Toward Economic Pressure and Hormuz Reopening
The administration is prioritizing sanctions and a Hormuz deal after U.S. strikes reduced Iran's military power but failed to end the stalemate.
- Six months after launching the war with Iran, President Donald Trump has pivoted his strategy, prioritizing economic pressure and reopening the Strait of Hormuz over earlier military objectives.
- Administration officials initially focused on destroying Iran's missile and nuclear industries, with Trump repeatedly declaring these objectives "obliterated" or "won" despite ongoing regional fighting.
- Trump claimed on Wednesday that Iran's navy and air force are "totally gone," while administration data suggests 82% of Iranian missiles and launchers were destroyed by mid-May.
- Reopening the Strait of Hormuz, through which about 20% of the world's oil passed, has become a primary goal, even as Trump threatened to bomb Oman if it "gets in the way."
- Without a clear diplomatic off-ramp, the administration faces an unresolved stockpile of about 970 pounds of enriched uranium that Iran has not agreed to secure.
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After six months of war with Iran, Donald Trump shifts the focus: the opening of the Hormus road is now more important for the US than other air strikes.
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