Trump Announces Blockade of Strait of Hormuz

‘WE’RE PUTTING ON A COMPLETE BLOCKADE’: In an overnight post on Truth Social, President Donald Trump announced his planned blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would begin at 10 a.m. Washington time, 5:30 p.m. in Iran. “We’re putting on a complete blockade. We’re not going to let Iran make money on selling oil to people that they like and not people that they don’t like,” Trump said in an interview on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures. “You saw what we did with Venezuela,” he told host Maria Bartiromo. “It’ll be something very similar to that, but at a higher level.” After peace talks falter, Trump tries plan B: ‘Blockade’ As Trump and Hegseth bristle at criticism of Iran war, a judge rules Pentagon is trying to ‘dictate the information’ Americans receive Trump holds his fire as Iran tests his patience with truce violations and Strait of Hormuz restrictions “The blockade will be enforced impartially against vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas, including all Iranian ports on the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman,” the U.S. Central Command said in a statement issued last night. “CENTCOM forces will not impede freedom of navigation for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz to and from non-Iranian ports.”