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Like I said. Trump's greatest weapon against Iran is pointing out to the world he may let it close Hormuz.
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U.S. President Donald Trump ... has indicated he won't necessarily jump in to protect international oil supplies from the Middle East if they are under threat from the Islamic Republic.
The position, articulated by Trump in an interview with Time magazine on June 17, should not come as a surprise ... As Trump spelt out in the interview, the U.S. is no longer as dependent on oil from the Middle East as it was, thanks to burgeoning domestic production.
The argument that the Gulf of Oman, where six oil tankers were attacked in the space of a month over May and June, is not as strategic to the U.S. as it is to countries in Asia ... U.S.'s crude import volumes since its shale renaissance sent domestic output rocketing
Meanwhile, China, India, Japan and South Korea, Asia's four largest oil consumers, secure up to half their crude requirements from the Middle East. If seaborne shipments ... are disrupted, it would be nothing short of disastrous for these countries.
