Jiang claims Iran can use Hormuz leverage as effective economic ransom because it has control and the U.S. lacks a fast military solution to reopening the waterway quickly.
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Jiang claims Iran can use Hormuz leverage as effective economic ransom because it has control and the U.S.
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"Yeah, but the person that knew that better than anybody was President Trump. You know, I've known him a long time. You have. Yes,..."
"They have control of that. And, you know, if they think they can hold America to economic ransom, it is highly likely, given the..."
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Jiang reframes Hormuz disruption as a production-system collapse and argues that escalation incentives make the Iran conflict a political-economic choke point beyond price shocks.
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