‘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” that has sharply diminished Tehran’s leverage over global energy markets while Washington simultaneously chokes off the regime’s own oil revenue.