Mara Liason

Or Donald Trump could decide to send in ground troops.

I don't know if a naval blockade is enough to forcibly open the straits.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said recently that if Iran doesn't turn over its enriched uranium, the U.S.

would go in and get it.

But experts say that also would involve ground troops, which could be a red line politically for a lot of voters in the U.S.

It also could be very risky.

I guess another way this gets resolved is that Donald Trump declares victory.

He's already been doing that.

And he leaves Iran without his major political goals accomplished, without Iran giving up its nuclear program.

Trump told Fox News it wouldn't take long to clean out the strait.

Just hours after talks between the U.S.

and Iran failed to reach an agreement to end the war, President Trump posted that effective immediately, the U.S.

Navy will begin the process of blockading any and all ships trying to enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz.

That means Iran could not export its oil through the Strait or collect tolls from other countries' ships.

But since it would also prevent any oil from coming through the Strait, it's not clear...

how the blockade will help bring down the price of gas.

Those high prices were caused by closing off one of the most important choke points for the global oil and gas market.

that any Iranian who fires at the U.S.

or any other peaceful vessels will be, quote, blown to hell.

Mara Liason, NPR News.