'Unbelievably irresponsible': Trump stuns as he mulls quitting war with key strait closed

The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump is mulling quitting the military campaign in Iran and leaving the Strait of Hormuz closed, citing administration officials.In recent days, Trump and his aides assessed that a mission to pry open the chokepoint would push the conflict beyond his timeline of four to six weeks, the report reads in part. He decided that the U.S. should achieve its main goals of hobbling Iran’s navy and its missile stocks and wind down current hostilities while pressuring Tehran diplomatically to resume the free flow of trade. If that fails, Washington would press allies in Europe and the Gulf to take the lead on reopening the strait, the officials said.Suzanne Maloney, an Iran expert and vice president at the Brookings Institution in Washington, told the outlet that Trump's idea is unbelievably irresponsible.“Energy markets are inherently global, and there is no possibility of insulating the U.S. from the economic damage that is already occurring and will become exponentially worse if the closure of the Strait continues, she said.