President Trump: U.S. Navy to Blockade Strait of Hormuz

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Does this mean we're going to have American ships in the Strait, or anywhere along Iran's coast?

I sure hope not.

Why not? Tell us your brilliant military strategy to bring Iran to its knees.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Oh really.? Can you regale us with some examples of our military "kicking back" illegal orders? When you get an order, you carry it out. Whether or not it is "illegal" or not is a decision only made at the highest levels. Once they approve the action and the order goes out, you better bet your sweet ass you are going to carry it out or end up in the stockade being court-martialed.


Maybe because what you are seeing is wrong.


Seems we are doing a pretty good job of it so far, we took back Panama, shut down Venezuela, have Cuba on the ropes, are in talks with Greenland, Finland and others, and have enacted a blockade against Iran, just for starters, all aimed it castrating China from its aims. Add to that have shut down illegal immigration, human trafficking, and some of the drug trade too.

Finland?

 

[Zavulon]

How can a ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran apply to Israel and Lebanon without their assent?

It was supposed to be agreement between Iran-led and US-lead coalitions. And if the USA can't control Israel - ok, talks with the USA are virtually useless.
But when it became clear that Trump simply isn't in charge there - the negotiations were ended.

 

[Cassandro]

It was supposed to be agreement between Iran-led and US-lead coalitions.

Who supposed this? Was it put in writing? Adding conditions after the fact smacks of duplicity.

 

[Zavulon]

Who supposed this? Was it put in writing? Adding conditions after the fact smacks of duplicity.

It was written by Pakistan and Trump first agreed with it and then - had changed his mind.

 

[toomuchtime_]

It was written by Pakistan and Trump first agreed with it and then - had changed his mind.

That's what the ayatollahs and Pakisstan said, but we know it's a lie because they accepted the ceasefire and talks while Israel was still battling Hezbollah. The agreement clearly was just for a ceasefire in Iran.

 

[toobfreak]

Naval blockade is an act of war, and, therefore, violation of ceasefire.

Oh crap! We violated the ceasefire? You've been smoking too much borscht up there in Moscow!

Like, Iran just bought, among many other things, some Russian Mi-24s

Oh good! Some more obsolete 60 year old technology we can blow out of the skies.

 

[toobfreak]

Yes. It means pause in all hostilities, not only in fire, but in bombing, launching missiles, throwing grenades, poisoning water, capturing ships, etc ...

Meanwhile, the Lebanese Houthis just lobbed 3,000 missiles into Israel from a region that just a year ago, the Lebanese government assured us had all been totally disarmed.

 

[SeaMajor7]

Just to be clear, the Strait IS open, just not to Iran.
CHECKMATE.

 

[DonGlock26]

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@realDonaldTrump

So, there you have it, the meeting went well, most points were agreed to, but the only point that really mattered, NUCLEAR, was not. Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz. At some point, we will reach an “ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO IN, ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO OUT” basis, but Iran has not allowed that to happen by merely saying, “There may be a mine out there somewhere,” that nobody knows about but them. THIS IS WORLD EXTORTION, and Leaders of Countries, especially the United States of America, will never be extorted. I have also instructed our Navy to seek and interdict every vessel in International Waters that has paid a toll to Iran. No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas. We will also begin destroying the mines the Iranians laid in the Straits. Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be BLOWN TO HELL! Iran knows, better than anyone, how to END this situation which has already devastated their Country. Their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, their Anti Aircraft and Radar are useless, Khomeini, and most of their “Leaders,” are dead, all because of their Nuclear ambition. The Blockade will begin shortly. Other Countries will be involved with this Blockade. Iran will not be allowed to profit off this Illegal Act of EXTORTION. They want money and, more importantly, they want Nuclear. Additionally and, at an appropriate moment, we are fully “LOCKED AND LOADED,” and our Military will finish up the little that is left of Iran! President DONALD J. TRUMP"

Two US destroyers have moved into the Strait. I think they are to provide muscle for a couple of Avenger-class minesweepers Japan will provide.

We mothballed ours but the US destroyers do have some minesweeping abilities.

 

[Zincwarrior]

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So we are going to blockade the blockade that did not exist before the Trump attack on Iran. Ok. Stay tuned for next week!

 

[DonGlock26]

So we are going to blockade the blockade that did not exist before the Trump attack on Iran. Ok. Stay tuned for next week!

I think Iran was using their proxy state to attack shipping prior to Trump sinking their navy and annihilating their air force.

 

[Zavulon]

That's what the ayatollahs and Pakisstan said, but we know it's a lie because they accepted the ceasefire and talks while Israel was still battling Hezbollah. The agreement clearly was just for a ceasefire in Iran.

We have statement of the broker of ceasefire - Pakistan.

He actually said it and specifically emphasized Lebadon.

 

[Zavulon]

Meanwhile, the Lebanese Houthis just lobbed 3,000 missiles into Israel from a region that just a year ago, the Lebanese government assured us had all been totally disarmed.

They've been holding their fire for more than 12 hours, and, if Lebadon is not a part of ceasefire, Israel isn't, either.

 

[toomuchtime_]

We have statement of the broker of ceasefire - Pakistan.
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He actually said it and specifically emphasized Lebadon.

Clearly that's not true since Iran and Pakistan accepted the ceasefire and talks while Israel continued to attack Hezbollah.

 

[Zavulon]

Clearly that's not true since Iran and Pakistan accepted the ceasefire and talks while Israel continued to attack Hezbollah.

Iran and Pakistan saw it as the violations of ceasefire from US-led coalition, but demonstrated another portion of goodwill and readiness to imitate negotiations. But, of course, we all understand there can't be any kind of deal with Israel and America. Both sides just make their preparations for resuming hostilities.

 

[toomuchtime_]

Iran and Pakistan saw it as the violations of ceasefire from US-led coalition, but demonstrated another portion of goodwill and readiness to imitate negotiations. But, of course, we all understand there can't be any kind of deal with Israel and America. Both sides just make their preparations for resuming hostilities.

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Iran and Pakistan got caught lying about the agreement, first stating there would be no talks if Israel did not stop attacking Hezbollah and then holding the talks anyway.

There were no peace talks. The talks were about whether the ayatollahs would give up their nuclear weapons program the easy way or die refusing to.

 

[Deplorable Yankee]

1/10 The U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would cost Iran approximately $276M/day in lost exports and disrupt $159M/day in imports, a combined economic damage of ~$435M/day, or $13B/month.

Over 90% of Iran's $109.7B in annual trade transits the Persian Gulf. Oil/gas accounts for 80% of government export earnings and 23.7% of GDP. Kharg Island alone generates ~$53B/year, or as I noted to @TIME, "$78 billion a year in energy revenue. <i></i>
2/10 CRUDE OIL: Iran was exporting ~1.5M barrels/day, earning $139M/day at wartime pricing (~$87/barrel), though with minimal proceed repatriation due to banking sanctions. A blockade zeroes this out overnight. Kharg Island, which handles 92% of crude exports, sits deep inside the Gulf with no viable alternative. That's $139M/day, gone. <i></i>
3/10 PETROCHEMICALS: Iran exported $19.7B in petrochemicals in 9 months of 2024/25, ~$54M/day. Virtually all of it ships through Assaluyeh, Imam Khomeini, and Shahid Rajaee, all inside the blockade zone. No overland route can move these volumes. Another $54M/day, gone. <i></i>
4/10 NON-OIL EXPORTS: Iran's non-oil trade hit $51.7B in 2025. After subtracting petrochemicals, ~$88M/day in goods (minerals, metals, etc.) flow through Persian Gulf ports. Roughly 90% would be blocked. That's another ~$79M/day in lost revenue. <i></i>
5/10 PORTS: Over 90% of Iran's seaborne trade transits the Strait of Hormuz. Shahid Rajaee (Bandar Abbas) alone handles 53% of all cargo operations. Imam Khomeini handles 58% of basic goods imports. Bushehr ports moved 57M tons last year. All deep inside the Gulf. <i></i>
6/10 ALTERNATIVES? Iran's options outside the Strait are negligible. Jask, the much-touted bypass, operates at a fraction of its 1M bbl/day design capacity. Only 10 of 20 storage tanks were built. Effective throughput: ~70K bbl/day. Chabahar handles just 8.5M tons/year. The five Caspian ports combined handle 11M tons, versus 220M+ through the Gulf. <i></i>
7/10 IMPORTS: Iran imported $58B in goods in 2025, ~$159M/day. A blockade chokes off industrial inputs, machinery, and consumer goods. Food inflation already hit 105% by February 2026. Rice prices are up 7x. This gets dramatically worse under blockade. Blockade will hopefully allow offloading of the humanitarian cargos. <i></i>
8/10 Extremely important topic is the storage clock: Iran has ~50-55M barrels of total onshore oil storage, roughly 60% full. Spare capacity: ~20M barrels. With 1.5M bbl/day of surplus production that normally exports, storage fills in ~13 DAYS. After that, Iran must shut in wells.

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