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Posted on 04/23/2026 6:19:04 AM PDT by DFG
Donald Trump is stepping up his push to cut off Iran from using the Strait of Hormuz by demanding the US Navy 'shoot and kill' any Iranian boat laying mines in the Persian Gulf.
Trump wrote on Truth Social on Thursday morning: 'I have ordered the United States Navy to shoot and kill any boat, small boats though they may be (Their naval ships are ALL, 159 of them, at the bottom of the sea!), that is putting mines in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz.'
'There is to be no hesitation. Additionally, our mine “sweepers” are clearing the Strait right now. I am hereby ordering that activity to continue, but at a tripled up level!'
US forces also seized another tanker caught smuggling the regime's oil just one day after Tehran seized two vessels of its own.
Shortly before the President's Truth Social post, the Pentagon released video of US naval forces boarding the oil tanker Majestic X in the Indian Ocean. The ship was reportedly carrying oil produced by the Iranian regime.
'We will continue global maritime enforcement to disrupt illicit networks and interdict vessels providing material support to Iran, wherever they operate,' the Pentagon wrote on X.
The Pentagon warned that sanctioned actors cannot use international waters as cover, vowing to keep blocking 'illicit actors and their vessels' from operating freely at sea.
Global oil prices began to skyrocket on Thursday as uncertainty remains for a potential prolonged peace agreement between the US and Iran. The price of Brent crude rose above $103 a barrel on Thursday morning, up 1.3 percent.
There was no immediate response from Iran on the news of the seizure.
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Paid over a hundred bucks to fill my pickup again. An oil war, just what we need more of… just before midterms. Time for him to worry about America for a change. No Save act, no nothing from his part in congress, lost the virginal election.
He needs to wake up
“Chilling”
There’s no negotiating with these lunatics. Seize the uranium and Kharg Island, continue the blockade to drive them to economic ruin, and settle for nothing less than unconditional surrender. Finish the job for the first time since WW2.
Best order a soldier or sailor can be given because it gives them the options they need to win a battle. If they choose poorly, they will suffer consequences later, but indecision should not be optional.
It looks like more bombing is needed to finally end this. The IRGC needs to be wiped out along with the mullahs. Any watercraft leaving the shores of Iran needs to be met with an A-10 or drone.
Once this is over, a new shipping canal through the tip that is owned by UAE and Oman. End that choke point forever.
Chilling! Dramatic! Escalation! Daily Fail!
Oh how sad for you. You'd rather Iran had nukes, I guess.
Should have been done a week ago.
Paid more 2 years ago and will pay less in a few months. This was coming one way or another and is now in process of ending.
From the DC-adjacent American chap....
What do you think he's doing?
That’s the NetanYAYHOO BS scam. Is that why they’re invading Lebanon? Lebanon also building a bomb?
Trump got scammed. So yes, my family budget is more important than this neocon war. We have around 6000 high quality nukes. That’s not what this of about.
“I have ordered the United States Navy to shoot and kill any boat, small boats...putting mines in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz. There is to be no hesitation.”
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Why have we hesitated or limited shooting at all? We should have been aggressively hunting down every one of their small boats that could pose a threat. The more of Iran’s Mosquito Fleet we destroyed the fewer there would be to deal with today.
“He needs to wake up”
And your relentless, mindless TDS is getting tiresome.
I don’t know which is worse, your TDS or your desire to troll.
What’s he doing? He’s doing what Bibi and Levin orders him to. He sure doing anything domestically. The deportations have stopped, process are exploding, he ignored Virginia, no SAVE act, still covering foot his Epstein buddies like Lutnick and outgoing Navy Secretary Phelan.
Which one of these leftist fags are you?
He needs to live up to his campaign promises. I guess accountability is a bridge too far for you.
Poofter… bigoted poofter. Those appear to be Americans. You know, the people who are supposed to come first. Even before Bibi and the tech bros
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