The Straits of Hormuz Should Not Be a U.S. Problem

Europe should secure the Strait

“Thanks, Mr President, but no thanks.” That is what Benjamin Netanyahu should have said when Donald Trump responded to Israel’s request for “resupply priority” by intervening directly in its air assault on Iran. Israel, after all, has always craved US weapons — which were rigorously denied when they were most needed in the years before the 1967 war — but its leaders never wanted America to do any of the fighting. When, for instance, US Patriot b…

The Straits of Hormuz Should Not Be a U.S. Problem

In his recent speech, President Trump suggested that he may end military action against Iran without the United States securing the opening of the Hormuz straits through direct military action. These...

4 Charts Showing Why Opening Strait of Hormuz Is Critical

Allison Detzel, MS NOW After Trump revealed he had no plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Steve Rattner explains how Americans could pay the price.

War On Iran: It Is Cheaper To Pay For Hormuz Passage Than To Wage War

By Moon of Alabama via Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity | April 01, 2026 US President Donald Trump is reportedly ready to give up on the Persian Gulf passage: Trump Tells Aides He’s Willing to End War Without Reopening Hormuz (archived) – WSJIn recent days, Trump and his aides assessed that a mission to pry open the chokepoint would push the conflict beyond his timeline of four to six weeks. He decided that the US should achieve its m…

Trump Willing to End War on Iran without opening Hormuz Strait?

Iran never had a nuclear weapons program and the 2015 nuclear deal, which Trump destroyed, had guaranteed that Iran’s civilian nuclear enrichment program could not be turned to military purposes. None of the rationales for the war ever made sense, and now the goal seems to be to return to the status quo ante, to get back to February 27, 2026. But you can’t. Juan Cole, 03/31/2026 Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Trump has reportedly told aides that…