Trump's Cornered Ruler: The Strait of Hormuz Gambit As the Iran war drags on, US President Donald Trump is being increasingly boxed in by his own actions and words.
The conflict has taken a complicated turn with Iran's demands for reopening the strategic Strait of Hormuz, complicating Trump's efforts to find an exit from the conflict without securing a nuclear deal with Tehran.
The administration had pinned its hopes on restoring commercial traffic through the strait as a way out of the war. However, this goal now seems within reach only if Iran agrees to unprecedented concessions.