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Posted on 04/28/2026 9:16:35 PM PDT by Red Badger
President Trump says Iran is “in a State of Collapse” and wants the Strait of Hormuz opened “as soon as possible” while talks continue.
That is the pressure point right now: Tehran wants relief, global energy markets want the waterway open, and the U.S. blockade is still being used as leverage.
Fox News highlighted Trump’s latest comments Tuesday afternoon:
NEW: President Trump says Iran tells him it is in a "State of Collapse" and wants the U.S. to open the Strait of Hormuz as soon as possible. pic.twitter.com/C95ebyxa70— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 28, 2026
Axios put Trump’s Tuesday claim in the larger negotiating picture:
Trump said Iran had told the United States it wanted the Strait of Hormuz opened quickly while it worked through a leadership crisis. The key caveat is that Tehran has not publicly confirmed Trump’s version of the message, so the claim still sits inside a live diplomatic standoff rather than a settled public agreement.
The timing matters because the claim followed Iran’s earlier proposal to reopen the strait if Washington lifted its blockade and ended the war. That proposal would leave the nuclear question for later, which is exactly where the White House has been unwilling to give ground. A U.S. official and two other people briefed on Monday’s national security meeting said no decision had been made, and one source indicated Trump was not leaning toward accepting a framework that delays the nuclear issue.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt also framed the administration’s Iran position as a red-line issue, saying the president’s terms have been made clear publicly and directly to Tehran.
AP had more on the proposal and why Hormuz remains the pressure point:
Iran’s offer would reopen the Strait of Hormuz only if the United States lifted its blockade and the war ended, according to two regional officials cited in the article. The proposal was passed through Pakistan and would postpone the larger fight over Iran’s nuclear program, which makes it a difficult fit for Trump’s stated goal of preventing Tehran from ever reaching a nuclear weapon.
The strait is not a symbolic issue. It is the narrow passage that handles roughly one-fifth of traded oil and natural gas in peacetime, and the current standoff has already pushed energy costs higher. The U.S. blockade is aimed at cutting off Iranian oil revenue, while Iran’s grip on the waterway gives Tehran one of its strongest remaining cards.
The pressure is spreading well beyond the two governments. Other nations have been demanding the waterway reopen because the closure is feeding global economic strain, including higher costs for fuel, fertilizer, food, and other basic goods. That is why Hormuz keeps showing up as both a diplomatic demand and an economic emergency.
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Nah! Zee churmanz haf said Iran is makink a fool of us.
1. Iran can get stuff by rail from China and via the Caspian Sea from Russia
2. Iran has about 90 million people and its domestic gasoline market is about as big as that of New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia combined.
The embargo not not only hurts Iran for 1/2 billion dollars a day but the World is now lining up off the Easy Coast to buy American oil for 100$ a barrel. The longer this lasts the more rich America gets and the less Iran does. Prices at the pump are about the same as they were when Biden’s Carbon Scam was in full force. At least this time around something good is coming out of this inflated gas price.
Iran’s leaders, such as they are, now seem to recognize that, due to the US blockade of Iran, their blocking and tolling of the Strait is a losing proposition. Trump, could be a ruthless SOB in business, will soon have the Iranian regime begging for mercy.
Given the situation Trump must pummel into submission. No more delay. Failure at this point impairs the US on multiple fronts. FFS, Miller advise the Prez to unleash on them.
Sure, but they have no intention of capitulating.
Every day take out one oil processing facility or one power plant until they comply.................
That’s what they said about Japan near the end.
Trump is too nice. It’s time to start bombing the shi’ite out of them again.
I’m sure the DoW has been busy identifying new potential targets all during the “ceasefire.”
Don’t cut them any slack, Mr. President.
RE: That’s what they said about Japan near the end.
🍄🍄 (Uh, wrong kind of mushroom emojis.)
True, it’s not what Iranian bosses wish or want or yearn for, it’s what they are forced to accept. With emphasis on “forced.”
How does a nation in a “state of collapse” muster enough firepower to keep the strait closed?
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...............”have the Iranian regime begging for mercy.”
They were idiots to get into a hassle with our wonderful businessman/president who knows exactly where to insert and turn thr screws. All tose idiots know how to do is drill oil and slosh it into tankers.
In Iran, the military is not under control of a civilian as we have here. They are essentially independent of the civil government and can do as they please. That is the problem. We ‘negotiate’ with one side or the other and the other side says no way..........
“Global”
Global. And stop making New World Order woopie, with Charlie and Camilla while we’re under Hooverville Deflation here.
Seek reality please !
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