AFP reported today: "Trump is increasing pressure on NATO allies and China to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Due to Iran's actual closure of the key oil transport route in retaliation for the war launched by the United States and Israel against Tehran, global oil prices have surged by 40% to 50%."
Comments: Trump is threatening Europe with the survival of NATO, while pressuring China by linking it to the Sino-US summit. Essentially, he ignited the war in the Middle East himself, yet wants the whole world to pay for his strategy. The Strait of Hormuz has been effectively blocked, and oil prices have soared nearly by half. Global energy and economy are under pressure, but he is unwilling to bear the military risks alone, and instead wants to shift costs by coercing allies and China into the game to maintain his hegemony.
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