Edward Wong(@ewong):NEW: Trump's flawed diplomacy failed to secure the Strait of Hormuz. For 2 months, the US Navy was quietly guiding tankers through the strait. But the June agreement signed by Trump has helped bring that to a fiery end: it formalizes Iran's power, and Tehran is attacking ships.

Edward Wong

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Diplomatic Correspondent @nytimes. Author of "At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China." Harvard Nieman Fellow. Taught at Princeton & UC Berkeley.

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Edward Wong@ewong

2026.07.12 17:01

NEW: Trump's flawed diplomacy failed to secure the Strait of Hormuz. For 2 months, the US Navy was quietly guiding tankers through the strait. But the June agreement signed by Trump has helped bring that to a fiery end: it formalizes Iran's power, and Tehran is attacking ships.