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4 reports on how Trump moves Shipping markets · 4 bullish · 0 bearish
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2026-10-14
Shipping ↑Trump Threatens the Houthis — After the Midterms. Until Then, He Might Ask Erdogan and Syria to Fight Them.
On October 13 Trump wrote that Yemen’s Houthis are behaving very badly and are viciously attacking Saudi Arabia, probably on Iran’s orders, to push oil prices up before the US election. Someone should explain to them, he said, that he is not running in this election — he will still be in office afterward, and he will never forget. Trump has said he will not strike Iran at any point before the November 3 midterms, and the New York Times reports he has turned down large-scale military plans against Iran or the Houthis five times in recent months. Asked whether he would ask Turkey to join attacks on the Houthis, he said he might, calling Erdogan a very good friend who will do what he asks. Axios reports Syria is weighing sending troops, and Washington does not object. A month ago, Trump refused Saudi Arabia’s request for US strikes on the Houthis.
2026-07-15
Shipping ↑Day Five: The US Struck Near Bushehr. Iran Threatened Every Gulf Oil Route.
CENTCOM struck cruise missile facilities on Abu Musa Island inside the strait, and new strikes hit near Iran’s only civilian nuclear plant at Bushehr. Iran retaliated against the US 5th Fleet in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan simultaneously — then warned that every Gulf oil and gas export route benefiting the US and its allies will be closed.
2026-07-13
Shipping ↑Iran Declared the Strait Closed. The US Said It Was Open and Kept Bombing.
Iran attacked a Cyprus-flagged merchant ship, declared the Hormuz blockade, and the US responded with strikes on Iranian radar, missile storage, and IRGC boats inside the strait — while simultaneously insisting shipping was normal. The contest between Iran’s blockade declaration and US military enforcement is now the central oil market variable.
2026-07-08
Shipping ↑Trump Called the Iran MOU ‘Finished.’ His Envoys Haven’t Left the Table.
Trump declared the June 19 MOU effectively dead from Ankara, called Iranians ‘scum,’ and threatened to reimpose the Hormuz blockade — all while Wittkoff and Kushner remain on standby for July 11 talks. The gap between Trump’s public framing and his actual negotiating posture has never been wider.