Trump’s ridiculous Hormuz proposal is the last thing the world needs

July 14, 2026 — 4:41pm

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US President Donald Trump’s Middle East war strategy increasingly looks knitted together from a collection of Dire Straits album titles: from Brothers in Arms, Communiqué and Money For Nothing to Love Over Gold.

But Trump’s ongoing bellicose frivolity over the Strait of Hormuz is consigning millions to starvation and wreaking further havoc on the world’s economy.

Trump’s latest escapade was to shoot his much-touted ceasefire with Iran in the foot by reintroducing a blockade of Iranian ports and announcing a 20 per cent tax on vessels hoping to transit the strait. He also ordered the resumption of bombing.

A shellshocked world has reacted warily. Crude oil prices jumped as the........

© The Sydney Morning Herald