Trump says Iran ‘better stop’ tolling oil tankers in Hormuz Strait

President Donald Trump speaks to the press at the White House on April 6, 2026 in Washington.
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President Donald Trump on Thursday said Iran “better stop now” if it charges oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump’s warning is a Real Social post It has added further pressure even two days after the fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran began.
Trump said Tuesday evening that he would agree to a two-week suspension of hostilities against the Islamic Republic, provided the United States agrees to “FULLY, IMMEDIATELY, AND SAFELY OPENING THE Strait of Hormuz.”
However, ship traffic in the strait, a vital artery that provides approximately 20 percent of the world’s oil supply, remains tightly restricted, as it has been since the war began on February 28.
Iran, meanwhile, plans to charge shipping companies in cryptocurrency to allow their ships to pass through the waterway, according to the Financial Times. reported Wednesday.
“There are reports that Iran is charging tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump wrote in his post on Thursday.
“They better not be, and if they are, they better stop!” wrote.
In a pursuit to mail“Because of me IRAN WILL NEVER GET NUCLEAR WEAPONS and very quickly you will see the Oil start flowing with or without Iranian help and to me it makes no difference either way,” Trump said.
Trump’s post also criticized the editorial board of The Wall Street Journal. don’t write The president had prematurely declared victory over Iran. “It’s actually a Victory and there’s nothing ‘early’ about it!” wrote.


