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Build A Short Medium And Long Hormuz Plan
- Rahm Emanuel says the U.S. should answer Iran with a staged Hormuz strategy instead of improvisation.
- He proposes immediate shipping rules, a UN-run fee system, and Abraham Accords pipelines bypassing Iranian choke-point leverage.
America Is Shrinking Its Toolbox To Force
- Rahm Emanuel says Trump’s second term has reduced national security to one instrument, military force, while tariffs and insults degraded economic, political, and cultural leverage.
- He calls the last 25 years the “era of supply chain,” where small chokepoints and cheap drones can freeze global systems.
Republicans Will Defy Trump Only After Losses
- Rahm Emanuel predicts Congress will reassert itself only after Republicans start fearing voters more than Trump.
- He points to Wisconsin, Georgia, Indiana, and North Carolina as signs that GOP lawmakers are hearing electoral footsteps.