Repeating Venezuela-Blockade Move Is Far Riskier Bet in Hormuz

By Julian Lee (Bloomberg) — US President Donald Trump is invoking his Venezuela playbook with a pledge to blockade Iranian ships. But Iran poses more complicated logistics, higher risks for American soldiers and a more resilient enemy.

The US “will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump said in a social media post on Sunday, after talks between American and Iranian delegations aimed at ending the six-week-old war broke down without agreement.

If successfully enforced — and how it will be enforced is far from clear — such a