| US Senator Chris Murphy: #Trump has lost control of the US-Iran war Based on closed-door briefings, the senator says: • Trump believed #Iran would not close the Strait of Hormuz → he was wrong.

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| US Senator Chris Murphy: #Trump has lost control of the US-Iran war Based on closed-door briefings, the senator says: • Trump believed #Iran would not close the Strait of Hormuz → he was wrong. Oil prices are spiking; if the Strait stays closed...

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... → global recession (possibly already too late). • Plan to open the Strait does not exist. • US can’t combat Iran’s navy tools (thousands of small drones, speed boats, mines). • Naval escorts for tankers are theoretically possible but impractical: Would require entire US Navy (≈100 tankers/day need escort). • US can’t combat Iran’s #drone war. • Persian Gulf countries are running out of interceptors. • Trump has no endgame/ no off-ramp.