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Trump could do that today: walk away, without asking anything of Iran, and tell "Bibi" if he wants a war with Iran, he is welcome to it. Hormuz would be open overnight. When Trump first announced the "cease fire", Iran announced the strait was open, but then closed it again, because Trump did not stand down the blockade of Iran. So, why doesn't he do it?
Trump is in a pickle because he can't just walk away from Hormuz. If he does, it would reopen under Iranian control, which would mean strategic control over the whole Persian Gulf and all of its oil producing countries. He's trying to avert the greatest strategic disaster for America since the Vietnam war at least, one of his own making.
