Trump is now threatening Iran with what sounded like Nuclear Armageddon, even as his own plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz ran into resistance from key Gulf allies. In today’s livestream, Tarik Cyril Amar breaks down Trump’s “one big glow” threat, the strategic meaning of his retreat on Hormuz, and what this tells us about the real balance of power in West Asia.
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—Kevork Almassian is a Syrian geopolitical analyst and the founder of Syriana Analysis.
