Trump shifts tone, acknowledges Iran's grip on Strait of Hormuz
Yahoo FinanceTrump shifts tone, acknowledges Iran's grip on Strait of Hormuz
In spite of the president's repeated demands, Iran continues to police shipping in the area, dropping ship passage to a tiny fraction of where things stood before the war.
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