Trump Says U.S. Navy Has Cleared All Mines From Strait Of Hormuz Shipping Lane, Warns Iran
Trump said the Navy removed or detonated all mines in the Strait of Hormuz and warned any new mine-laying vessel would be destroyed.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump claimed the United States Navy has removed or detonated all sea mines in the International Waters of the Strait of Hormuz, warning that "any ship or boat that lays new mines will be immediately and systematically destroyed."
- Iran has effectively closed the vital Gulf waterway since the United States and Israel launched attacks nearly six months ago, creating the conditions for Trump's mine-clearance assertion.
- Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi dismissed the claim on Wednesday, stating the strait remains closed, while the UK Maritime Trade Operations Centre maintains that "mine-danger areas" are still active.
- War-Risk insurance costs for ships have soared from 3 percent to 10 percent of hull value since the war began, deterring shipping companies from resuming transit through the Strait of Hormuz.
- Mark Hilborne, a senior lecturer in war studies at King, College, London, noted the United States has detonated many mines using drones, yet Iran retains the ability to deploy more, as Iran and Oman agreed this week to implement a joint mine-clearing project.
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Trump Says Oil Shipping Through Strait of Hormuz Is ‘Functioning’
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is “functioning” but noted that vessels still face attacks. “We got rid of the mines,” the president told radio host Glenn Beck. “But the strait, it’s functioning, it’s a functioning strait. Yes, every once in a while there will be a drone or a rocket or something shot, but it is a very functioning strait. A lot of oil is pouring out.” Trump said 10…
U.S. Allies Cast Doubt On Trump’s Hormuz Claim
“U.S. allies are privately warning that the Strait of Hormuz is still likely mined, casting doubt on President Donald Trump’s claim that the U.S. Navy has completely removed and detonated explosives laid by Iran,” Bloomberg reports.
MichaelSavage.com – ‘Watershed Moment’: Trump Clears Hormuz Mines, Breaks Iran’s Grip — ‘Now the U.S. Controls It’
President Donald Trump has broken Iran’s grip on the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. Navy cleared mines from the strategic waterway and opened additional shipping routes in what American officials are calling a “watershed moment.” The move has sharply diminished Tehran’s leverage over global energy markets while Washington simultaneously chokes off the regime’s own…
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the US Navy had informed him that all mines in the Strait of Hormuz had been removed, stressing that Washington is monitoring every inch of the strait.
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