https://freerepublic.com/tag/empiredeathknell/ en-us Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:01:09 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4391542/posts President Donald Trump on Wednesday boasted the U.S. has “total control” of the Strait of Hormuz, despite what the “FAKE NEWS” may report to the contrary, before praising Allah for the nation’s stranglehold on the critical shipping passage. “I THINK WE WILL KEEP IT!” Trump posted on Truth Social. “Our Naval Blockade is being called, by everyone, ‘A WALL OF STEEL,’ and there is nothing Iran can do about it.” The president repeated claims that Iran’s military had been decimated: "They have no Navy, they have no Air Force, their remaining soldiers are unpaid, the IRGC is decimated and fleeing,... Mediaite https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4391542/posts#comment Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:01:09 GMT