Strait of Hormuz Deserted As Trump & Tehran Fight for Control of the Gulf | WATCH

The Strait of Hormuz is empty. Despite President Trump’s announcement of "Operation Freedom"—a plan to use the U.S. Navy to escort stranded commercial ships—the industry is paralyzed. Tehran has countered by declaring its own "Sovereign Zone" over the waterway and warning that any American intervention will be met with force. As 900 ships remain trapped and oil prices skyrocket, the message from Iran is blunt: "We are a superpower too." Who will blink first in the world’s most dangerous chokepoint?