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NATO now wants to help with Hormuz, according to Trump

Trump said the Navy will stop ships that pay Iran tolls and begin clearing alleged mines, warning the move could raise oil prices.

  • On Sunday, President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. Navy to immediately blockade the Strait of Hormuz, preventing all vessels from entering or leaving the strategic waterway to stop transit tolls to Iran, which the administration termed 'extortion.'
  • Following 21 hours of failed negotiations in Islamabad, U.S. Vice President JD Vance said both sides could not reach agreement on Iran's nuclear program, prompting the blockade order.
  • Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps warned that "any miscalculated move will trap the enemy in the deadly whirlpools" of the strait, while the U.S. military plans to clear mines the Iranians allegedly laid in the waterway.
  • The Strait of Hormuz facilitates roughly 20% of global oil and gas transit daily; disruptions could drive prices significantly higher as at least 3,000 have died in the conflict since February 28.
  • Geopolitical tensions remain high as the U.S. positions the USS Gerald Ford and USS Abraham Lincoln in the Persian Gulf, with observers warning that continued hostility could trigger wider regional instability and disrupt international maritime commerce.
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The Iranian Revolutionary Guard rejected that the Strait of Ormuz has been blocked by the U.S. and warned military ships not to approach the area, after U.S. President Donald Trump claimed that his country will close its way and remove mines laid by the Islamic Republic. “The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Navy announces that, contrary to the false claims of some enemy officials, the Strait of Ormuz is under intelligent control and management, open…

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US President Donald Trump is threatening to block the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial waterway that he has repeatedly said Iran must reopen unconditionally. “Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the greatest in the world, will begin the process of BLOCKING any and all ships that attempt to enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump wrote Sunday morning in a post on Truth Social. “At some point we will get to a situation where EVERYONE CAN…

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