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Not to mention that this blockade stance is at least not diplomacy through bombs.

it sure is when Trump threatens to blow up anyone who opposes his blockade. it's just bombs through different means. and Iran is smart enough that they hold all the cards here-- Trump called the blockade illegal and the charging of tolls illegal (both true, technically), then proceeds to demand a share of the tolls and blockades the strait himself. Both of these are obviously non-starter positions which he has repeatedly, himself, very loudly called illegal, placing him in no position to use them as negotiating positions and making him look like both a hypocritical ass and an idiot. well, ya know, more.

this puts Iran ahead, again whenever they start negotiations again, and, until then, now they have a bunch of US navy warships to shoot at in the strait, just sitting there, that weren't there before, in range of their missiles and drones. boom.

add this to a long list of Trump strategic missteps and losses so far, and this weakens Trump's and the US's position even further