Donald Trump said on Friday August 21 in South Carolina that he sees the Ormuz Strait as an American territory. He added that Iran wants an agreement, but is not ready for US conditions. Oil prices, shipping safety and bills are at stake, which will besides affect Polish families.
Strong words at the South Carolina rally
Donald Trump at a Friday rally in South Carolina utilized a expression that would sound like an alarm in average diplomacy. The president of the United States stated that he views the Strait of Ormuz as American territory. Reported RMF24 He besides said Iran wanted to make an agreement, but he felt he was not ready for the right deal yet.
It was a place besides crucial to be treated as an awesome part of the rally talk. Ormuz is the throat of the world's energy. It connects the Persian Gulf to the Oman Gulf and the Indian Ocean. At specified a place, all word of the president of the United States operates on markets, shipowners, insurers and governments of energy import-dependent states.
Ormuz means fuel, transport and prices
American Energy Information Administration indicated, that in 2024 the Ormuz Strait averaged 20 million barrels of oil per day, about 20 percent of global consumption of liquid fuels. erstwhile this way becomes a hostage to the U.S. conflict with Iran, the problem does not end in the Gulf. It goes on: freight, refineries, logistics, food prices and inflation.
DN already described how The Ormuz Strait strikes Trump's promises and raises oil prices again. Today's message adds a political layer to this. If Washington starts talking about controlling the Ormuz language quasi-territorial, the signal to the planet is simple: America wants to force order with the fleet and with the burden of its declaration.
An alliance does not slow you from thinking
The Polish right-wing has no work to pretend that the problem is gone, as the leader of the alliance state says. The United States remains the most crucial pillar of NATO and a real counterweight to Russian imperialism. But national business requires sobriety. An ally can have his own strategy, his own election campaign, his own fuel price calculation and his own conflict in the mediate East.
Poland has its own account in this case. all increase in tension around Ormuz is simply a force on fuel prices, i.e. carriers, farmers, manufacture and home budgets. erstwhile the powers play a narrow passage on the map, the hazard account frequently pays the mediate countries. That is why abroad politics cannot be a consequence to emotional loyalty. He must be a business account.
Iran, Oman, and narrower and narrower manoeuvre
In fresh days, DN has besides written about Trump threatened Oman in the context of negotiations on Ormuz. Oman is crucial due to the fact that he lies at the Strait and has been trying for years to keep channels of conversation with different sides of the region. If Washington is besides pressuring mediators, the conflict ceases to be just a dispute with Iran. It begins to include the full safety strategy in the Gulf.
Earlier, Trump's administration presented force as an alternate to further strokes. We wrote about this in the text about A strategy for Iran based on force alternatively of fresh attacks. But now the line between force and escalation is getting thinner. The words about "American territory" in the strait controlling a immense stream of oil do not calm the market. They say the White home wants to rise the stakes.
Lesson for Warsaw
Poland needs a hard US presence in Europe, due to the fact that Russia is behind our east border. It's a strategical fact. At the same time, Poland needs opposition to global fuel crises, its own infrastructure, stocks, diversification and politicians who can separate gratitude for the alliance from unconditional applause for all Washington movement.
Trump speaks force language. In large politics, specified language can be effective. It is besides costly for those who sit far from the table, but close to the bill. Poland cannot let the war of nerves about Ormuz to become another imported cost thrown into the wallets of Poles.
Source: Gazeta.pl, RMF24, Guardian, EIA
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