ADVERTISEMENT SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENTHe delivered his 19-minute speech against a backdrop of high global oil prices and his own low approval ratings. Western allies, however, have resisted joining a war that he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu started without consulting them. The risk, analysts say, is that Iran would essentially be left with significant leverage over the strait, the passageway for a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas shipments. And Trump’s earlier calls for the overthrow of Iran’s theocratic rulers have gone unfulfilled. Trump’s overall approval rating has fallen to 36%, the lowest since his return to the White House, a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Monday found.

Source: The Standard April 02, 2026 06:58 UTC