🤥 Trump’s Blockade Is Daring Iran to Fight Back Trump’s idea of a timeout is to keep the naval blockade in place and pile on the sanctions. Iran is apparently supposed to sit quietly through it. Qatar’s bid to revive talks has fallen apart. Iran says Hormuz stays shut until its seven conditions are met, including an end to the US blockade. A senior Iranian adviser has warned that helping enforce the blockade would count as an act of war. Read Pepe Escobar’s full column on our Substack for the way out China and Russia could still offer Trump, and why the pause in fighting may not last. 👍 Substack | Chat | @geopolitics_prime