Strait of Hormuz: Iran Risks Overplaying Its Hand on Oil Chokepoint

Let’s be honest. Iran has Us President Donald Trump in a headlock over the Strait of Hormuz. The White House is fighting to reopen a waterway that wasn’t closed before the conflict started. But Tehran risks overplaying its hand: If it continues to squeeze, it will lose strategic leverage — not immediately, but over the next five years or so as its neighbors build more bypass routes.