Trump claims Iran is collapsing financially amid ongoing US naval blockade
Trump extends Iran ceasefire to allow unified proposal
President Donald Trump announced an extension of the ceasefire in Iran on Truth Social to allow Iran’s “severely fragmented” government to formulate a unified proposal. Former State Department Deputy Special Envoy Ellie Cohanim details the severe economic pressures on the Iranian regime, including the daily loss of half a billion dollars in oil revenue due to the US blockade.
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President Donald Trump stated that Iran “had a cash shortage” after the ceasefire was extended, and argued that the regime was losing hundreds of millions of dollars a day due to the blockade imposed by the USA.
Trump claims the foreign country is “financially collapsed.”
“Iran doesn’t want the Strait of Hormuz closed, they want it opened so they can make $500 Million a day (which is what they stand to lose if it is closed!). They just say they want it closed because I am completely BLOCKED (CLOSED!), so they just want to ‘save face’. Four days ago people came to me and said, ‘Sir, Iran wants to open the strait immediately.’ But if we do that, they will never have anything to do with Iran unless they blow up the rest of their country, including their leaders.” We can’t make a deal!” he announced at Truth Social on Tuesday night. to mail.
AS THE ceasefire ends, Iran THREATENES WITH ‘NEW CARDS’ ON THE BATTLEFIELDS
US President Donald Trump arrives to address the nation from Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 1, 2026 (Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Images)
“Iran is financially collapsing! They want the Strait of Hormuz to be opened immediately – They are short of cash! They are losing 500 Million Dollars a day. Soldiers and Police complain about not being paid. SOS!!!” the president claimed on another Tuesday night to mail.
Trump had stated that he would extend the ceasefire in a post published on Truth Social on Tuesday afternoon.
Drivers pass by the Imam Sadiq (as) mosque, with a giant Iranian flag hanging in front of it, at Palestine Square in Tehran on April 19, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images)
“Based on the fact that the Iranian government is not unexpectedly but severely fractured, and at the request of Field Marshal Asim Munir and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, we have been asked to continue our attack on the country of Iran until its leaders and representatives put forward a joint proposal,” Trump said. he said. to mail.
“I have therefore instructed our Army to maintain the Blockade and remain ready and capable in all other respects and therefore I will extend the Ceasefire until proposals are presented and discussions are concluded one way or another,” he added.
KEITH KELLOGG WANTS US TO ‘FINISH THE JOB’ AGAINST IRAN BY TAKING over the islands and strangling the economy.
President Donald Trump on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, April 16, 2026. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Earlier on Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi made a statement. to mail According to
It was reported that Iran opened fire on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday.
The Associated Press contributed to this report
