For 47 years now, Iran’s knife to the throat of the West was to cut off Middle East oil by closing the Strait of Hormuz.
NO ONE was ready for the response Iran got when that long-feared card was finally played. Here’s Steve Green, joined by Bill Whittle and Scott Ott, on a new edition of The Right Angle.
Susan Kokinda argues that recent U.S. actions framed as confronting Iran are actually aimed at dismantling the British imperial financial and geopolitical system. She cites Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s April 16 meeting with UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves, highlighting the on-record “Economic Fury” campaign and U.S. tracking of financial flows to Iran that allegedly lead to London.
The episode shows Trump is ending a decades-old “world extortion” model tied to the Strait of Hormuz, Lloyd’s war-risk insurance, and London’s commodity pricing power (gold, metals, oil benchmarks). It also points to an Israeli–Lebanon ceasefire and Trump prohibiting Israeli strikes, arguing this removes Netanyahu’s leverage built on a perpetual Iran threat.
With London’s pricing nodes shifting toward New York and the “special relationship” weakening, the Hudson Institute is said to be pinning hopes on a King Charles visit to the U.S. Here’s more from Promethean Updates.
Iran has reopened the Strait of Hormuz, leading to a steep decline in the price of oil. All other markets, including precious markets and the stock market, surged on the news.
Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi announced the reopening of the Strait, and President Donald Trump confirmed, saying, “Iran has just announced that the Strait of Hormuz is fully open and ready for full passage. Thank you.”
Those predicting the Iran hostilities would necessarily lead to World War III now have egg on their faces. We’ll see over the next week whether the peace holds, and what steps or negotiations can be expected next. Here’s more from Benny Johnson.
Has Iran overplayed its hand with its hardball ceasefire negotiations in Pakistan, stalling a settlement of the Iran War and delaying a smooth reopening of the Strait of Hormuz?
The longer the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, the more global oil traffic is shifting. Here, we see global maps showing the newly emerging trade patterns. Two key, primary routes are now in play: More ships are traveling through the Red Sea and entering the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal. And more ships are traveling to Texas and Louisiana to pick up oil in the Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico).
So it looks as if the Middle Eastern oil nations, like Saudi Arabia and Qatar, have turned away from the Strait of Hormuz, and are using the Suez Canal to reach Europe. Meanwhile, ships in the Western Hemisphere, as well as more Asian ships, are now traversing the Gulf of America, tapping into American, Mexican and Venezuelan oil.
The longer Iran delays a ceasefire settlement, the higher the likelihood that Iran will become irrelevant. Iran could be left to face more chronic and potentially catastrophic economic collapse. Here’s more from Langley Outdoors Academy.
Today, President Donald Trump controls Iran. The [Deep State] fell right into the trap and Iran has no way out of what Trump has done to them. He never wanted to have a ground invasion or regime change. He wanted control of the energy, the Strait and he has it.
This is much bigger than people can imagine. Trump is taking down the [Deep State] system globally. The structure is behind destroyed. The system that the [Deep State] created is all around us. It is the money laundering, Epstein, trafficking of humans, religion, red cross, politicians etc.
It is being dismantled piece by piece. Trump has the leverage. Ask yourself: Why is the [Deep State] panicking over Iran? Here’s more from the X22 Report.
Some analysts are now asserting the Trump card involves a Naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. No ships going into the strait means Iranian exports are cut off. In essence, the blockade halts Iranian trade of its oil. How long can Iran hold out if it’s not earning export sales? Can it survive as a nation?
Similarly, a blockade will extend pressures on the United States as well. Oil prices will remain high indefinitely. The grumbling will get fierce.
Is Trump fighting the Iranians at this point, or the City of London? The Europeans most certainly did not help us with containing Iran. is it because they have skin in the game? Pray. Here’s more from And We Know.
Barbara Boyd argues Donald Trump’s Truth Social post—“World’s Most Powerful Reset”—signals a deliberate effort to dismantle the World Economic Forum’s COVID-era “Great Reset” and replace it with an opposite agenda: Expanded U.S. energy production, lower global prices and renewed American industrial growth.
She contrasts net-zero finance and global governance—citing Klaus Schwab, King Charles, Mark Carney and the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero—with Trump’s “drill, build, export” approach and the goal of keeping the Strait of Hormuz open. Boyd cites strategist James Thorne’s view that moves involving Venezuela and Iran aim to “re-anchor” energy and money in the dollar system, while she frames Trump’s strategy as the American System of Hamilton, Lincoln, and McKinley, not a British imperial “Great Game.”
She connects Iran talks involving regional players to a “Board of Peace,” and ends by linking Artemis II’s splashdown and a moon-to-Mars vision to this broader reset, urging viewers to follow Promethean Action and support midterm efforts. Here’s more from Promethean Updates.
The [Dep State] is panicking. President Donald Trump is gaining leverage over Iran. They never thought this would be possible. Trump is exposing the true enemy and isolating them.
Trump is building leverage because he is meeting Xi in May. Trump has just showed the [Deep State] players that the new regime is gaining more power and control. By opening the strait, this sends a clear message.
Trump sent a message to Barack Obama. Obama took a pic with a white rabbit and Trump took a pic with a brown rabbit. Here’s more from the X22 Report.