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Trump issues 'shoot and kill' order in dramatic Hormuz escalation as Pentagon posts chilling video of US troops seizing ship carrying Iranian oil amid unraveling ceasefire
Pentagon posts video of troops boarding ship transporting Iranian oil
Donald Trump is stepping up his push to cut off Iran from using the Strait of Hormuz by seizing another tanker caught smuggling the regime's oil.
Donald Trump is escalating his efforts to cut off Iran from using the Strait of Hormuz by demanding the US Navy 'shoot and kill' any Iranian boat laying mines in the Persian Gulf.
The President wrote on Truth Social on Thursday morning: 'I have ordered the United States Navy to shoot and kill any boat, small boats though they may be (Their naval ships are ALL, 159 of them, at the bottom of the sea!), that is putting mines in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz.
'There is to be no hesitation. Additionally, our mine “sweepers” are clearing the Strait right now. I am hereby ordering that activity to continue, but at a tripled-up level!'
US forces also seized another tanker caught smuggling the regime's oil just one day after Tehran seized two vessels.
Shortly before the President's post, the Pentagon released videos of US naval forces boarding the Iranian-linked oil tanker, Majestic X, in the Indian Ocean. The ship was reportedly carrying oil produced by the Iranian regime.
'We will continue global maritime enforcement to disrupt illicit networks and interdict vessels providing material support to Iran, wherever they operate,' the Pentagon wrote on X.
The Pentagon warned that sanctioned actors cannot use international waters as cover, vowing to keep blocking 'illicit actors and their vessels' from operating freely at sea.
There was no immediate response from Iran on the news of the seizure.
A day prior, Iran had retaliated against Trump's naval blockade of Hormuz by attacking three oil tankers and seizing two vessels. Iran's state media released a video showing masked commandos boarding two cargo ships.
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Iran's Wednesday attack on oil tankers trying to move through the strait comes in response to Trump's seizure of a Tehran-linked vessel earlier this week.
Trump announced on Sunday that the US Navy fired on, disabled and seized the Iranian-flagged cargo ship Touska in the Gulf of Oman.
The President claimed the ship ignored several warnings while attempting to breach the naval blockade. After disabling its engine, US Marines took control of the vessel.
Commentary:
There’s no negotiating with Iranian lunatics. Seize the uranium and Kharg Island, continue the blockade to drive them to economic ruin, and settle for nothing less than unconditional surrender. Finish the job for the first time since WW2.
It looks like more bombing is needed to finally end this. The IRGC needs to be wiped out along with the mullahs. Any watercraft leaving the shores of Iran needs to be met with an A-10 or drone.
Once this is over, a new shipping canal through the tip that is owned by UAE and Oman. End that choke point forever.
Trump should take out all the bridges in one night and hit every IRGC base and barracks, perhaps even taking out the new commander of the IRGC. That may shake them up a bit.
