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Trump spirals in 'bonkers' phone call with reporter: 'I can do whatever I want'
Trump Turns the Strait of Hormuz Into a Threat TheaterPower Speaks LoudestThe real institutional power in this story sits where it always has: with the U.S. presidency. Donald Trump was not reacting from the margins. He was speaking as the head of the American state, with its military reach, sanctions machinery, and control over the most violent options in the room.The source material gives the essentials. After Iranian officials said they would close the Strait of Hormuz again, Trump responded with threats, escalation, and a fantasy of U.S. control over the waterway. That is not confusion…
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