Donald Trump was in a Miami arena on Saturday night watching a live Ultimate Fighting Championship bout as his vice-president, JD Vance, announced there was no peace deal with Iran after marathon talks in Pakistan.
The world therefore had to wait until Sunday morning to hear the US president’s response — a naval blockade of the critical waterway, potentially seizing any vessels paying tolls to Tehran.
It was Trump’s latest attempt to change the dynamic of the Middle Eastern war which he launched in late February but he is struggling to exit, having underestimated Iran’s ability to choke off energy trade through the Strait of Hormuz.
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