S8 Ep636: 7. The U.S. Strategy for the Strait of Hormuz Guest: Jonathan Schanzer Jonathan Schanzer evaluates Trump’s strategy of "maximum flexibility" toward Iran. While 3,400 ships remain trapped in the Gulf, the U.S. prepares Marines for deployment to liberate th
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🗓️ 25 March 2026
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7. The U.S. Strategy for the Strait of Hormuz Guest: Jonathan SchanzerJonathan Schanzer evaluates Trump’s strategy of "maximum flexibility"toward Iran. While 3,400 ships remain trapped in the Gulf, the U.S. prepares Marines for deployment to liberate the Strait. Schanzer notes that while Iran uses cheap drone swarms, Ukrainianexperts are advising regional allies on how to counter them. (7)
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| 0:00.0 | I'm John Bachelor. I welcome my colleague and friend Jonathan Shanzenz, the executive director of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy, |
| 0:24.0 | turning to the diplomacy, if that's what it is, certainly the remarks |
| 0:28.3 | about the Strait of Hormuz and the attack on worldwide commerce |
| 0:33.3 | by the Islamic Republic of Iran these last days. |
| 0:36.7 | So far, very effective attack. As of last weekend, |
| 0:40.3 | there were 3,400 ships of all types trapped in the Persian Gulf, disrupting not only oil |
| 0:45.7 | and the price of diesel and electricity is hitting Europe even now, but also it is planning |
| 0:53.7 | season, and fertilizer is badly damaged to get to the crops in order |
| 0:58.1 | to choose between corn and soybean. |
| 1:00.1 | Yes, supply chains get this detailed. |
| 1:02.8 | That corn is for the herds we count on in future. |
| 1:06.8 | The soybean is not. |
| 1:08.3 | It's very important to get the mix right, or there will be disruptions and |
| 1:11.9 | lack of food security around the world, I'm told reliably. So that one example stands for all. |
| 1:18.5 | Jonathan, a very good day to you. I have competing headlines. For example, with a sense of humor |
| 1:24.7 | and the ridiculous, the Financial Times headose column features the Armageddon Taco Shuffle, a translation. |
| 1:33.7 | On the one moment, Mr. Trump is using Trose Social to end, to threaten the end of Iran, the end of the Middle East, something violent and definitive. |
| 1:42.6 | And the next moment, he's talking about giving a postponement. |
| 1:46.5 | That just happened 24 hours ago when the world was to end, I believe, yesterday morning. |
| 1:51.4 | It did not. |
| 1:52.6 | The end of the world has been extended five days to the end of trading. |
| 1:56.4 | That would be the taco part, that Trump always chickens out. |
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