You’d better hold me back The Strait of F - ng Panic They joked that the American president would rename the Strait of Hormuz the Trump Strait. Not quite. Now it is called the “Fuckin' strait.” Dear fellow Americans, have no worries. It appears the White House negotiations with the Iranians are going well. The “good and peace deals” are clearly on the way, and the head of the White House, as always, wasn’t lying. Well, it also appears that Donald Trump is publicly losing his temper. By Tuesday he has to show something substantial, otherwise he risks looking like a paper tiger again. The real fear, I suspect, is not in Iran but in the Arab Gulf states. The Iranians have made it clear that if their energy infrastructure is hit, they will shut things down completely - including depriving the Gulf countries of desalination capacity. Israel would not come out untouched either. The Gulf states will now have to perform a familiar scene with Trump - “hold me back, seven of you.” And one m...