Trump says U.S. will blockade Strait of Hormuz
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, April 10, 2026.
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President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the United States would blockade the Strait of Hormuz after talks in Pakistan to end the Iran war failed.
“Effective immediately, the U.S. Navy, the Best Navy in the World, will begin the process of BLOCKING all Ships attempting to enter or exit the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump said in a post on the social media platform. Real Social. “The blockade will begin shortly. Other countries will also join this blockade. Iran will not be allowed to profit from this Illegal Act of Extortion.”
The announcement that the US will blockade the strait dashes hopes that the war will end in the coming days, possibly following peace talks in Islamabad. It also threatens to worsen the economic crisis that has affected global economies since the war began and Iran began restricting access to the strait, which carries about a fifth of the world’s population. oil.
Trump said the US blockade is an effort to prevent Iran from controlling the strait and benefiting economically while the rest of the world suffers from the closure.
“At some point we will reach the baseline of ‘ALL ALLOWED IN, EVERYONE ALLOWED TO GO OUT’, but Iran did not allow it to be a mine that no one knew about but them, saying ‘There might be a mine in there somewhere’.” he said. “This is a worldwide extortion, and the leaders of countries, especially the United States, will never be blackmailed.”
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