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Strait of Hormuz

“Hormuz Strait” US Territory? Because American Fatalism Has Normalized Trump’s Pathological Lying

Monday, August 17, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump says he’ll declare the “Hormuz Strait” US territory. iPINIONS contends the absurdity is almost beside the point. The real danger is how MAGA loyalty and American fatalism have trained millions to accept his lies, cruelty, and autocratic whims as normal. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/hormuz-strait-us-territory-because Read more.

Forget Lucy and the Football. Iran Keeps Moving the Goalposts on Trump

Monday, August 10, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump thought overwhelming American military power meant he held all the cards. Instead, Iran keeps moving the goalposts, tightening its grip on Hormuz and raising the price every time Trump thinks he has found a way out. Now he is reportedly even considering walking away without the nuclear deal he claimed this war was supposed… Read more.

Condoleezza Rice Recycles Her Advice to Bush on Iraq for Trump on Iran

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Condoleezza Rice helped sell Bush’s Iraq War by warning that the smoking gun could become a mushroom cloud. iPINIONS contends that she is recycling that same preventive-war logic for Trump in Iran, where a supposedly quick campaign has metastasized into mounting deaths, destruction, and conflict over the Strait of Hormuz. Read my full take on… Read more.

Nixon Went to Open China. Trump Went to Bend the Knee to Xi

Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Nixon went to China and changed the world. Trump went to China and degraded the country. This iPINIONS commentary argues that Trump’s summit with Xi Jinping turned US-China diplomacy into a spectacle of MAGA corruption, billionaire access, and national humiliation. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/nixon-went-to-open-china-trump-is Read more.

E Pluribus Trump: Unhinged President Threatens to Destroy Iranian Civilization, Then TACOes

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump threatened to destroy Iranian civilization, then TACOed once again. But as iPINIONS argues, the real scandal is not only his menace abroad. It is the banana republic he is making of America at home See my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/e-pluribus-trump-mad-president-threatens Read more.