President Donald Trump called on the world's countries to "build up some delayed courage" and "just take" the Strait of Hormuz while addressing the nation in a primetime speech on Iran Wednesday night. Movement in the strait, which is a narrow but crucial global oil trade passageway, has been greatly hampered by Iran, which the teetering country has held out as one of its bargaining chips. Iranian interference in the strait has significantly impaired the movement of oil tankers through the strait, causing global oil prices to rise.Trump said that while the U.S. "imports almost no oil through t...
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