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Former Secretary of State and CIA Director Mike Pompeo โ a man who spent years in the room where these decisions are made โ just said something that deserves to be heard clearly: the Strait of Hormuz hasn't truly been open for thirty years. Iran has been holding it over the world's head for decades โ using the threat of closure as a permanent economic weapon against every nation that depends on Gulf oil. That's a fifth of the world's energy supply held hostage by a terrorist regime.
That ends now. Not temporarily. Not for a few weeks until the next crisis. ๐๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐๐ณ๐๐น๐น๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ.
The military is doing the preparation โ clearing the mine-laying capability, degrading the missile systems that threaten commercial shipping, building the conditions for a sustained reopening rather than a temporary one. Think weeks, not days. It's conditions-based, not calendar-based. But Hegseth and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs are doing the work, and the goal isn't a press release โ it's permanent structural change to the threat environment.
Think about what that means economically. Every risk premium baked into global energy prices for the last fifty years has included an "Iran factor" โ the cost of doing business in a world where one murderous theocracy could choke off global oil supply on a whim. That premium affects every airline ticket, every grocery delivery, every manufacturing cost on the planet. Removing it isn't just a military victory. It's an economic one felt by every person on earth who heats a home or fills a tank.
Seven presidents promised Iran would never get a nuclear weapon. None of them dealt with the underlying regime. Trump isn't just hitting the nuclear program โ he's removing the hand on the spigot entirely.
This is what the media is calling a stalemate.
pic.twitter.com/oQpxZon4PKโ M.A. Rothman (@MichaelARothman) March 19, 2026