Geopolitical Economy Report
Geopolitical Economy Report
Ben Norton
Why is Trump blockading Iran's blockade? This is the crazy, and dangerous, US strategy
27 minutes Posted Apr 17, 2026 at 3:47 pm.
Peace talks in Pakistan fail
Trump blockades the blockade
Iran trolls the US
Trump's contradictory posts
Ceasefire
Israeli attack on Lebanon
Trump threatens Iran
Trump targets Cuba
Strait of Hormuz
Iran toll challenges petrodollar
Logic behind US blockade
Scott Bessent threatens China
USA targets China's oil supply
China condemns US blockade
Dangers of escalation
Chinese tankers
China's oil reserves
China's supply chain shocks
Trump wants leverage
The US is losing the war
Iran's message to Trump
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The peace talks held between the US and Iran in Islamabad, Pakistan failed. Despite a temporary, two-week ceasefire Donald Trump announced a naval blockade of the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Ben Norton explains the USA's strategy, and how it is targeting China and Asian economies that import oil, natural gas, and other important commodities from the Persian Gulf.
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