The Trump administration has not deployed minesweeper assets into the Persian Gulf despite their availability, has not surged the 82nd Airborne, Navy SEALs, or mine-clearing dive teams, indicating deliberate withholding of military capability and strategic restraint rather than inability to reopen the strait.
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Captain John ConradEvidence Quote
“Trump did not push the minesweepers close into Fujairah. He pulled them back... there's absolutely no rush to do any surges of our capability... If we really wanted to open the strait ourselves, we would be surging all of these assets and we're we're just not.”
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:08:21 PM
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