Trump Rejects Iran’s Strait of Hormuz Proposal
By Sandra Rhodes (/journals/sandra-rhodes)
Iran offered a proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but the U.S. has rejected it as President Donald Trump said “we’re winning tremendously.”
Trump spoke with reporters Saturday when he seemed to confirm an earlier report from The Wall Street Journal which said he had already refused the deal.
“Well I’m rejecting their deal,” Trump said. “They want to make a deal where they open the strait immediately because they’re losing so badly. 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,” he said.
“Last night we had 29 ships come out. They want to make a deal, and I think that’s fine, I like making a deal, too, but that deal would not be acceptable,” Trump added.
“And what they want to do is immediately open the Hormuz Strait. You know why? Because they’re dying,” Trump said. “You know why they’re dying? Because they have no money coming in. Because they get their money from the Hormuz Strait.
“So they outsmarted themselves. They said, ‘Let’s close it and cause a problem for the world.’ And then I came along and we put up the greatest blockade ever in military history. It’s a wall of steel.”
“I would put it up and guess what? They don’t have any money now because they wanted to close the strait. And I said, ‘That’s fine, we’re going to close it on you. But everybody else is able to use it,’” Trump continued.
The Journal reported Trump expects to resume bombing Iran after the November midterm elections.
Before speaking with reporters outside the White House, Trump posted on Truth Social.
“IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!!! President DJT,” he wrote.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told Al-Jazeera Saturday that the Middle East doesn’t need “a regional policeman” and insisted the Strait of Hormuz can only be secured through negotiations. He also said his country has “no trust” in the U.S.
“We have no trust in the American side and do not know on what basis an understanding can be reached with it,” Pezeshkian told the outlet Saturday.