President Donald Trump said last week that after defeating Iran, he would declare the Strait of Hormuz a territory of the United States.
I understand the instinct behind the statement. Iran has turned one of the world’s most important waterways into a weapon. It has threatened ships, disrupted energy supplies, and used the strait to extract political and economic concessions.
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