Two Cocky Authoritarians Blocking Hormuz: What Could Go Wrong?

In 2018, President Trump pulled out of the Iranian nuclear accord, promising that he would then negotiate a better deal. He couldn’t and didn’t.

Instead, Iran built up its nuclear program.

Then in February of this year, Trump again badly misjudged his leverage, starting a war with Iran that he apparently believed would be brief and successful, “a minor excursion” that would lead Iranian leaders to “cry uncle.”

Instead, Iran seized the Strait of........

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