Was closing the Strait of Hormuz part of Trump’s plan?

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers speaks with Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University, Helen Thompson, to dismantle the mainstream narrative surrounding the conflict in the Middle East. Moving beyond the idea that the U.S. is stumbling into war, Thompson reveals a possible strategic plan by the Trump administration to weaponise energy markets against China, while exploring how the closure of the Strait of Hormuz serves American interests in the global AI race, and how a reverse Suez moment is fundamentally redrawing the map of global power. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Was closing the Strait of Hormuz part of Trump’s plan? is an episode from Lockdown TV with Freddie Sayers by Sebastian Giraud.

This episode is 27:34 long.

This episode was published on Mar 19, 2026.

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