Using nuclear explosives to bypass the Strait of Hormuz isn’t a novel idea for the U.S.

The idea for a new canal to move oil from the Middle East had emerged in the mid-1950s.

With the world struggling to get oil supplies moving from the Middle East, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich raised eyebrows with a social media post highlighting a radical idea: Use nuclear bombs to cut a new channel along a route that would avoid Iranian threats in the Strait of Hormuz.