This piece skipped the line in the AP piece about Trump “increasingly agitated press briefings.” If you don’t take time to watch Trump’s calm, serious demeanor , as on AF 1 last night, mastering the press, you’d get the sense of panic, which is what AP wants to convey. Same with calling on other countries for help in Hormuz; as explained by the UN ambassador, we don’t need the stuff coming through there. The countries that do need it have to step up and supply tneir own protection. Makes sense, also calls mullahs’ strategy into question if they are denied loading China’s tankers.
The mullahs are counting on the US left’s useful idiots. It’s all they’ve got left.