Trump’s Bold Naval Strategy: Will the US Navy Block All Ships in the Strait of Hormuz?
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[iNews24 reporter Kim Hyo-jin] President Donald Trump said the U.S. Navy, the world’s most powerful, will immediately begin interdicting all ships entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz.
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On the 12th (local time), Trump wrote on the social media platform Truth Social that negotiations with Iran “went well” and that most issues had been agreed, but the most important issue — the nuclear question — had not.
He said, “One day we’ll reach the stage of ‘allowing all ships to pass,’ but Iran has blocked that with the claim that ‘there might be mines somewhere,’ a line only they know.”
He called the practice “extortion of the world,” saying national leaders — especially the United States — will not be extorted.
Trump added, “I ordered our Navy to find and interdict, on the high seas, any vessels that paid Iran transit fees,” warning that anyone who paid illegal transit fees “will not be able to sail safely on the high seas.”
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