Trump Has Only Terrible Choices With Iran

First publishedJul 15, 21:00 UTC

Last updatedJul 17, 14:57 UTC · 5m ago

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Vox6The next Strait of HormuzJul 15, 21:00 UTCOpen ↗PBS NewsHour8Iran war driving up costs and putting seafarers at risk, UN maritime chief warnsJul 16, 22:40 UTCOpen ↗PBS NewsHour8U.S. expands attacks on Iran, which calls Strait of Hormuz a 'red line' as it strikes backJul 16, 23:33 UTCOpen ↗CBS News8"Worst case scenario" for shippers as U.S. and Iran step up attacksJul 17, 10:22 UTCOpen ↗The Atlantic8Trump Has Only Terrible Choices With IranJul 17, 11:00 UTCOpen ↗

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Here we are again: Iran is shooting at traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, Donald Trump is ordering retaliatory strikes, and both sides have declared the latest cease-fire agreement “over” or “dead.” That Iran reportedly plotted to kill Trump—possibly in the new 747 given to him by the Qatari royal family—surely did not help. Now Trump is reimposing the American naval blockade. He also threatened to institute a 20 percent toll on all goods transiting the strait, to defray “any and all costs necessary to do the job of providing safety and security to this very volatile section of the World”—then promptly backed off of that.Unfortunately, the United States has precious few options left for breaking the deadlock over the strait. And those it does have are neither appealing nor likely to succeed.The June memorandum of understanding that paused the fighting between Iran and the U.S.

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