
“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 said in a social media post on Sunday.
He said that “at some point, we will reach an ‘ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO IN, ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO OUT’ basis”, adding that he had instructed the US Navy to “seek and interdict” every vessel in international waters that had paid a toll to Iran.
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“No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas. We will also begin destroying the mines the Iranians laid in the Straits. Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be BLOWN TO HELL!”
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In response to Trump’s statements, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a statement on social media, claiming Iranian forces had “full control” of the strait.
“The enemy will become trapped in a deadly vortex in the Strait if it makes the wrong move,” the statement read.

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