Trump threats, U.S. troop build-up elevate specter of battle for Hormuz

TEL AVIV — A surge of extra U.S. forces to the Center East and President Donald Trump’s risk to “obliterate” Iran’s vitality infrastructure have set the stage for what U.S. and Israeli safety officers more and more see because the battle’s doable endgame: a battle for management of the Strait of Hormuz and key vitality installations.