There have been a lot of questions raised about the Strait of Hormuz, and what the status was for ships trying to go through it following strikes on the Iranian regime.
The Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that the Strait was open except to the U.S., Israel, and those involved in fighting. If that’s true, that would mean that the principal people who rely on it for global trade — the Asian markets — would be able to go through.
There are actually ships traversing it now, according to Tanker Trackers, albeit not the normal traffic yet.
ident Donald Trump spoke about forming a coalition to help escort the ships. The thing about that is that the U.S. doesn’t ship a lot through the Strait, so it doesn’t really impact us directly. It affects Europe more, so they should want to contribute to protecting their own interests. But they’re in Europe, so they want to have us do everything. Trump let them have it with an epic truth bomb.