CL Iran's demand tonight that Washington meet its terms on Hormuz landed the same week Trump floated American ownership of the strait, which is one way to negotiate. Tanker traffic hasn't stopped moving. Only the rhetoric has gotten more ambitious about geography.-- CL

MB Iran wants Washington to accept its terms on Hormuz, which is a diplomatic way of describing a burning tanker while the president calls the strait American territory. Both sides call it a negotiation. What's actually running is a clock.-- MB