The Ticking Clock on the Strait of Hormuz
Continued bombing would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and as long as the war went on, commercial ships would stay away while emergency oil supplies dwindled.“We run out of reserves in about four weeks,” he warned, conjuring up images of shortages, bedlam, surging prices, and a market collapse on the scale of 1929. Trump told the press that he had studied presidents, and “the one president I did not want to be was the late, great Herbert Hoover.”Fast-forward to late July. The United States has bombed Iran for nearly two weeks, hitting coastal-surveillance sites and weapons-storage facilities as well as bridges, tunnels, rail lines, airports, and electrical infrastructure.
- ▪Continued bombing would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and as long as the war went on, commercial ships would stay away while emergency oil supplies dwindled.“We run out of reserves in about four weeks,” he warned, conjuring up images of
- ▪Trump told the press that he had studied presidents, and “the one president I did not want to be was the late, great Herbert Hoover.”Fast-forward to late July.
- ▪The United States has bombed Iran for nearly two weeks, hitting coastal-surveillance sites and weapons-storage facilities as well as bridges, tunnels, rail lines, airports, and electrical infrastructure.
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GlobalThe Ticking Clock on the Strait of HormuzTrump said it himself in June—military force won’t open the waterway, and energy reserves are quickly winding down.By Thomas WrightBrendan Smialowski / AFP / GettyJuly 25, 2026, 7 AM ET ShareSave Back in June, at the closing press conference for the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, Donald Trump explained why he had called a halt to hostilities with Iran. Continued bombing would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and as long as the war went on, commercial ships would stay away while emergency oil supplies dwindled.“We run out of reserves in about four weeks,” he warned, conjuring up images of shortages, bedlam, surging prices, and a market collapse on the scale of 1929.
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