'We will keep it': Trump says US has total control over Hormuz, Iran has 'no money'

The US has imposed a naval blockade on Iranian ports while maintaining a major military presence in the GulfUS president Donald Trump has claimed the United States has “total control” over the Strait of Hormuz and suggested Washington intends to maintain its hold over the strategic waterway, as tensions with Iran remai

Trump has repeatedly claimed that the US controls the strategic waterway, which is important for the flow of energy and other commodities through the Middle East, despite the Islamic Republic's fierce rejection of the assertion.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said that the US “will keep” the strait, adding that their naval blockade was being called “A Wall of Steel.”

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