The higher priority is dealing with the libtards here. Our Domestic enemies are our biggest threat and they need to be dealt with before we ever fire a single shot in any other country, ever again. THAT needs to be the “Trump Doctrine”.
We have economic interests in the Gulf. They must be protected.
Agreed, anything else is but a distraction to this higher priority.
American concern with freedom of navigation in international waters is as old as Thomas Jefferson. Whether its the Persian Gulf or the South China Sea, it still makes no difference.