Trump Sends Mixed Messages on Securing the Strait of Hormuz

Trump sends mixed messages on securing the Strait of Hormuz

The president said Wednesday that the strait "will open up naturally" as its closure sends gas prices soaring at the same time he's urging other countries to "grab it."

“Europe Does Not Decide This War, But It Pays the Price Again”—Professor Alexandre Muns

Roughly 20% of the world’s oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz, a maritime corridor barely 24 kilometers wide, along with natural gas and products essential for fertilizers. For weeks, Washington insisted that its opening had to be guaranteed militarily. But the position changed abruptly when Donald Trump suggested that if Europe was worried, it should take responsibility for keeping the passage open itself. The episode sums up one of the co…

Trump calls on world to build ‘delayed courage,’ seize key oil route from Iran

While addressing the nation on Wednesday night, President Donald Trump called on the world's countries to “build up some delayed courage' and “just take' the Strait of Hormuz.

Donald Trump says allies should 'build up courage and grab oil'

The US President was speaking out

'We don't need oil from Hormuz Strait': Trump says countries that need must show 'courage' to protect it

Iran War: The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow shipping corridor between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman that handles roughly 20% of the world's oil and LNG supplies.

Trump’s oil power play: US President’s suggestion to allies — buy US oil and ‘grab Hormuz’

During his address to the nation, Trump said, the US is producing more more oil and gas than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined.