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Do businesseven in times of war. That has been one of Donald Trump’s main goals since he returned to the White House. Turn each conflict into an opportunity for a deal, concession or contract. He made it clear with Ukraine, then with Venezuela and now with Iran.
It is not the first time since the war in Iran began five weeks ago that the president of the United States has aired his commercial objectives, since on numerous occasions he has sold the idea that he wants “keep the Iranian oil” or “mine your uranium.” But this Tuesday, however, the president went one step further and addressed other of his potential “clients”: his allieswhom he has reproached for their lack of involvement in the conflict to “decapitate Iran.”
Specifically, he has criticized countries such as the United Kingdom and France for not having supported a military operation to reopen the Strait of Hormuz – blocked by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard – and thus allow the exit of oil from countries of the Gulf.
“I have a suggestion for you: number 1, buy oil from the US, we have plenty of it, and number 2, arm yourself with courage, go to the strait and TAKE IT!” he wrote in a post on Truth Social. “You will have to start learning how to fight for yourselves, the US will not be there to help you anymore, just as you have not been there either,” the president stated.
“Take your own oil,” he concluded. The truth is that, beyond the bravado, the United States is the largest oil exporter in the world. For this reason, its supply has hardly been affected by the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, although this has contributed, in the midst of the global energy crisis, to making the price of hydrocarbons even more expensive.
Trump’s message is aligned with information published today by The Wall Street Journal which suggested that the president could shelve the war even without achieving the reopening of the strategic maritime crossing. The idea would be, the newspaper maintains, to leave an operation to unblock the sea route until later because this, his advisors estimate, could last four to six weeks.
According to this report, Trump’s first option remains to open the strait through negotiation with the Iranian regime. If this does not work, the second option would be to demand that its allies, especially the Gulf states and NATO, lead operations to reopen the strait.
“200 dynamic attacks”
In parallel, the head of the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, appeared this Tuesday to offer updated information on the war. However, during his press conference, the Secretary of the Department of Defense dedicated more than ten minutes to praising the troops deployed in the Middle East whom he visited over the weekend.
He has also reiterated the idea that the next few days of the conflict would be decisive. As an example, he indicated that the number of projectiles launched by Iran in the last 24 hours was the lowest recorded since the start of the war.
Then, he detailed that during the early hours of the morning, US forces had carried out “200 dynamic attacks.” In one of these attacks, they would have hit an underground arsenal in the province of Isfahan, headquarters of the Iranian nuclear program.
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