Hello, it's Miranda. I'm back with a new mini episode of Podforce One. This feature is a little more

topical and relevant to my day job as a columnist for The New York Post. Today's topic is about the

next stage of the Iran War that begins this week after peace negotiations

on the weekend led by Vice President J.D. Vance broke down in Islamabad.

Donald Trump is turning the tables on Iran with a naval blockade to stop the Chinese ships the regime

needs from entering the Homoos Strait. That's just the beginning

of Operation Economic Epic Fury that the Trump team will launch this week. A promising new stage

in our six-week Iran excursion began Sunday with President Trump's announcement that the U.S. Navy,

together with allies, will immediately begin to blockade, quote,

any and all ships trying to enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz, end quote.

In wrestling terms, it's a classic swerve move by the President, flipping the tables on his

opponent. Iran thought they had the world over an oil barrel. Turns out they signed their own

economic death warrant. The blockade is an inspired move pushed by Treasury Secretary Scott

Besant and former Green Beret turned UN ambassador Mike

Waltz, as the logical next step after the Chinese and Russians, last week vetoed the UN Security

Council resolution led by the Gulf States for international cooperation to reopen the Hormuz Strait.

With half the U.S. Navy now positioned just outside the narrow strait,

everything is in place to stop the ship's Tehran needs to take oil to its biggest customer, China,

which buys about 90% of Iran's oil.

And the blockade is just the beginning of the maximum

economic pain Trump and his advisors are preparing to inflict on Iran in what can be called

Operation Economic Epic Fury. As an embullient Trump told Fox News's Maria Bartaromo Sunday morning of the naval blockade,

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