The US Navy will begin the process of blockading “any and all ships” trying to enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz, Donald Trump has said.
“I have instructed our navy to seek and interdict every vessel in international waters that has paid a toll to Iran,” the US president wrote on Truth Social.
The US will “begin destroying” the mines Iran has laid in the strait, he added.
He continued: “Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be BLOWN TO HELL!”
Trump warned “we are FULLY LOCKED AND LOADED”, and added that the US military “will finish up the little that is left of Iran!”
In a follow-up post, he went on to say “IRAN IS UNWILLING TO GIVE UP ITS NUCLEAR AMBITIONS”.
He said Iran’s negotiators were “very unyielding as to the single most important issue and, as I have always said, right from the beginning, and many years ago, IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!”
