Trump's Middle East Exit: Hormuz, US Bases, and Global Power

If Trump walks away from this Middle East situation without controlling the straight of Hormuz, which seems almost impossible to achieve at this point. But if he announces victory, sales away, pulls our military forces out of the area, even if he can fool the American people to say we won, doesn't the rest of the world look at this and say, wow, America is no longer the biggest bully on the playground. They can't make good on their threats. Yeah, no, exactly right. Um, one other thing, you know, one other dynamic that will enter into this is Iran could agree, say, okay, listen, we'll we'll lift the blockade on the straight of Hormuz. They'll tell this to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, uh Qatar, United Arab Emirates. Tell it to all of them. But you guys got to get rid of the American bases. Um, if if there if you continue to keep American bases in your country, then we're going to not let your ships pass through through the straight. Uh-huh. That's simple. Uh and I and I think uh that that they could probably win uh when that argument. Well, wouldn't they also win the argument ...