Trump: Hormuz "Not Going to Be Quite as Important" as New Pipelines Built
🛢️ LEVERAGE — Trump is signaling away the one card keeping Iran at the table. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Hormuz matters to Iran precisely because the US treats it as vital. If Washington publicly prices in pipeline alternatives, Tehran loses its primary coercion tool — but also loses the incentive to negotiate relief. Iran's hardliners read this as confirmation they can't trade strait access for concessions. It accelerates the logic of widening, not bargaining.
