UNITED STATES PERSPECTIVE

"Go get your own oil!"—in three tweets, Trump redefines Western alliance solidarity. He targets the UK and France specifically, accusing them of not participating in "decapitating Iran," and offers them two options: buy American oil, or go to the Strait of Hormuz and "just TAKE IT." Bloomberg reports average US gasoline hit $4 per gallon for the first time since 2022—a psychological threshold for American consumers. Pentagon official Pete Hegseth drives home: the strait "is not just our problem." The American framing is coherent: the US does the military dirty work, allies profit from oil flows without contributing. The fact that American strikes caused Iran to close Hormuz is absent from this narrative. Bloomberg also notes a Greek tanker successfully transited Hormuz despite the Iranian blockade—treated as victory, not as a sign of a world where every ship passage becomes geopolitical. The fundamental paradox: the US became the world's leading oil producer through shale. It exports. But the oil market is global—when Hormuz closes, Brent rises everywhere, including in the US. Trump grasps this advantage: America has oil to sell, and global crisis creates demand. "Buy from the US, we have plenty" is not just provocation—it is a commercial offer. War creates a captive market for American oil.