Donald Trump has claimed that shipping tankers from all over the world are heading towards the U.S. in order to “load up with oil.”
In an ranting post on Truth Social early Saturday morning the president laid into the mainstream media and its reporting of the ongoing conflict in Iran and said that U.S. forces were beginning the process of “clearing out” the Strait of Hormuz.
The act was “a favor to Countries all over the World, including China, Japan, South Korea, France, Germany, and many others,” the president said.
“Incredibly, they don’t have the Courage or Will to do this work themselves. Very interestingly, however, empty Oil carrying ships from many Nations are all heading to the United States of America to LOAD UP with Oil.”
It comes as U.S. and Iranian delegations met in Pakistan to begin negotiations aimed at producing a more durable ceasefire, after over a month of fighting.
Vice President JD Vance is leading the American delegation for the talks in Islamabad, while Iran’s team is headed by parliamentary speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and includes senior political and security officials.
Trump told reporters Friday that the Strait of Hormuz would reopen “fairly soon – with or without” Iran’s cooperation, adding: “If it doesn’t, we’ll be able to finish it off one way or the other.”
In his Saturday morning post, the president boasted that Tehran was “losing big.”
“Their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, their Anti Aircraft apparatus is nonexistent, Radar is dead, their Missile and Drone Factories have been largely obliterated along with the Missiles and Drones themselves and, most importantly, their longtime “Leaders” are no longer with us, praise be to Allah!” he wrote.
“The only thing they have going is the threat that a ship may “bunk” into one of their sea mines which, by the way, all 28 of their mine dropper boats are also lying at the bottom of the sea.”
Iran previously said talks would only begin if previously agreed conditions are met, including a ceasefire in Lebanon and the release of its frozen assets. Washington has denied reports it agreed to lift sanctions on such assets.
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