Trump’s threats to Nato reveal glaring absence of any strategy on Iran
16 March 2026
Featured in The Guardian
Iran and the US
Ten days ago, Trump urged tanker owners to “show some guts” and make the passage, even though the US navy appeared unwilling to undertake it. “The US has not done it because the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group can sit 200km off Oman and strike Iran with little risk,” said Matthew Savill of the Royal United Services Institute thinktank.

