Trump is not just threatening Iran with the destruction of civilian infrastructure. He is, in effect, threatening the most sensitive energy chokepoint in the global economy — which means Asia first, Europe shortly after, and ultimately all of us.
Trump no longer sounds like a president trying to deter. He sounds like a man who has turned destruction itself into a political message.
The threat is now out in the open: Iran is supposed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, or face attacks on critical infrastructure — power plants, bridges, and other civilian lifelines. That alone is already a political, legal, and moral abyss. But it is still not the most dangerous part.
If Trump escalates the way he has threatened to, he will not just be bombing Iran. He will be driving a U.S. combat boot into the global economy’s most vulnerable pressure point: oil, gas, shipping, inflation, supply chains, and growth — all at once.
Because the Strait of Hormuz is not some regional detail. It is a global artery. …
