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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
James C. Reynolds

Economic chaos or new normal? Three possible scenarios if Trump leaves Iran without reopening Strait of Hormuz

Donald Trump has reportedly told aides that he would be willing to end the war in Iran without securing the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

In his first address to the nation since the start of the war, Trump claimed that the U.S. had decimated Iran and would strike the Islamic Republic “extremely hard” for the next two to three weeks. He claimed that almost all of the American military’s objectives in Iran had been met.

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