Trump's Solution to Iran Closing the Strait Is to Also Close the Strait

The peace talks just collapsed, and Trump's response is to blockade the entire Strait of Hormuz himself. After 21 hours of face-to-face negotiations in Pakistan, the first between the US and Iran since 2015, and the highest level talk since 1979,

Vance walked out saying that Iran chose not to accept our terms. With the apparent sticking point being that Iran won't commit to giving up its nuclear program. Meanwhile, Iran says that the US made excessive demands and failed to gain their trust, and Trump's response was immediate. He posted on Truth Social that the U.S. Navy will begin the process of blockading any and all ships

trying to enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz. He's also ordering the Navy to hunt down any ship on the open seas that's paid Iran's toll. And his exact words were, "'No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas.'"

So to be clear, the Strait of Hormuz, closed because of Iran, but Trump's solution to Iran closing the strait is now to also close the strait. With maybe Senator Mark Warner saying it best, saying, I don't understand how blockading the strait is going to somehow push the Iranians into opening it. Trump says that it's all or none, either every ship passes freely or nobody does. And two US destroyers already crossed the strait

on Saturday in the first American naval transit on Saturday in the first American naval transit since the war began.