Trump on Saturday rejected Iran’s seven-day proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and enter a ceasefire that would re-open the Strait of Hormuz, and instead suggested renewing military strikes after the mid-term elections in November.
We’re Winning Tremendously!
“They want to make a deal where they open the strait immediately because they’re losing so badly,” Trump said. “You know you don’t read that, you don’t see that in the fake news. We’re winning tremendously. We have total control of the Hormuz Strait, massive amounts of oil are coming out of the Hormuz Strait.”
Iran said on Friday that the decision to open the Strait of Hormuz now rests with the United States after Tehran offered a deal that it says would restore normal shipping within one week.
The Wall Street Journal cited US officials in a report that said Trump was considering resuming military strikes in November.
Trump also posted an image Friday labeling the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important energy routes carrying roughly 20 percent of global oil supplies, the “Trump Strait.”
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