What's behind Trump's expletive-laden ultimatum to reopen Hormuz Strait? | The World | ABC NEWS

US President Donald Trump has unleashed an expletive-laden tirade towards Tehran with renewed threats to destroy Iranian infrastructure if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened. Jared Mondschein, the Director of Research at the United States Studies Centre, tells The World's Girish Sawlani that Mr Trump is getting increasingly frustrated with the situation in the Middle East. 

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