WASHINGTON — President Trump announced that the US will begin a sweeping blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, vowing to fight back against “WORLD EXTORTION” and ensure that no one paying tolls to Iran will get through the critical oil chokepoint.
Trump claimed that negotiations with Iran that concluded Saturday without a deal “went well,” but faulted the Islamic Republic for refusing to budge on its nuclear program, “the only point that really mattered.”
“Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump declared on Truth Social Sunday.
“At some point, we will reach an ‘ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO IN, ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO OUT’ basis, but Iran has not allowed that to happen by merely saying, ‘There may be a mine out there somewhere,’ that nobody knows about but them.”
“THIS IS WORLD EXTORTION, and Leaders of Countries, especially the United States of America, will never be extorted.”
Over a fifth of the world’s seaborne oil supply once traversed through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has used drones and missiles to deter oil vessels from traveling through the critical chokepoint.
Recently, Iran claimed to have placed mines in the Strait but has lost track of them. It has attempted to charge a toll of $1 per barrel of oil for ships to get through safely.
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