{"id":605602,"date":"2026-04-25T13:01:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T13:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/605602\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T13:01:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T13:01:16","slug":"5-reasons-why-trumps-blockade-in-the-strait-of-hormuz-wont-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/605602\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Reasons Why Trump\u2019s Blockade in the Strait of Hormuz Won\u2019t Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!DC5V!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5f662d0c-cca9-454e-972b-3740f1475b6e_6720x4480.jpeg\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\" class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/5f662d0c-cca9-454e-972b-3740f1475b6e_6720.jpeg\" width=\"1456\" height=\"971\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/5f662d0c-cca9-454e-972b-3740f1475b6e_6720x4480.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:971,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:5488226,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/zeteo.com\/i\/195386541?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5f662d0c-cca9-454e-972b-3740f1475b6e_6720x4480.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" alt=\"\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"sizing-normal\"\/><\/a>US forces patrol the Arabian Sea on April 20, 2026, after firing upon an Iranian-flagged vessel that the US accused of attempting to violate its blockade of Iranian ports near the Strait of Hormuz. Photo: Handout\/ US Navy via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump, a president who increasingly struggles to distinguish between fiction and reality, may well have been inspired by the iconic line from \u2018Pirates of the Caribbean\u2019 when he ordered a blockade of Iranian ports two weeks ago:<\/p>\n<p>Trump is the worst pirate you\u2019ve ever heard of. But you have heard of him.<\/p>\n<p>The spirit of Jack Sparrow lives on in a ship-chasing operation that has been aggressively publicized \u2013 through countless Truth Social posts, Department of Defense action reels, and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2047030786973483370?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">braggadocious media feuding<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/10\/world\/middleeast\/iran-us-missle-strike-civilians-lamerd.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">increasingly politicized<\/a> CENTCOM public affairs office \u2013 but is unlikely to achieve its goals. Plus, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/04\/23\/us\/politics\/trump-navy-secretary.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">firing<\/a> your own Navy secretary right after launching a worldwide naval operation does have an undeniable \u201cmad captain\u201d flair.<\/p>\n<p>Trump thinks broadcasting the blockade will reassure audiences \u2013 the skeptical American public, his <a href=\"https:\/\/today.marquette.edu\/2026\/04\/new-marquette-law-school-national-survey-finds-high-approval-of-iran-cease-fire-low-support-for-the-war-and-few-who-think-u-s-goals-have-been-achieved\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stalwart<\/a> MAGA base, and maybe himself \u2013 that he\u2019s in control of events, despite mounting evidence to the contrary. Like Trump\u2019s other recent escalations, it\u2019s unclear if Trump genuinely believes he can pressure Tehran, or if he just hopes to create that perception so he feels comfortable making concessions. Either way, the US Navy has to carry out the same mission. Here are five reasons why the blockade won\u2019t work \u2013 and won\u2019t last: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US forces patrol the Arabian Sea on April 20, 2026, after firing upon an Iranian-flagged vessel that the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-605602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}