Trump said today: "Effective immediately: I have ordered the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to provide political risk insurance and guarantees at very reasonable prices for all maritime trade passing through the Gulf region (especially energy trade), ensuring its financial security. This service is open to all shipping companies."
If necessary, the U.S. Navy will begin escorting oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz as soon as possible. In any case, the United States will ensure the free flow of global energy. The U.S. economy and military power are the strongest in the world - more actions will follow. Thank you for your attention! President Donald J. Trump
Comment: In the context of the U.S. escalating war against Iran and the intensifying blockade and counter-blockade, Trump's announcement of providing insurance and sending the navy for escort essentially packages the crisis caused by war into a credit for the U.S. "maintaining world order." On one hand, it incites war and disrupts global energy channels; on the other, it positions itself as a "savior" by stationing troops to control the route, using military and financial means to firmly control the discourse on the Gulf route, consolidating hegemony and coercing countries to rely on the U.S. security system. It's a typical hegemonic operation of starting a fire and then putting it out, profiting from the chaos.
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