It isn’t Iran’s once formidable navy that’s the biggest threat to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz nowadays, because their big ships are all tasting sand at the bottom of the ocean. It’s their small craft that can harass and even take over tankers and cargo ships, because those behemoths are not heavily armed and are not usually outfitted with trained military crews.
With speedboats loaded with weaponry, the Islamic Republic can disrupt the flow of traffic and cause cautious maritime companies to think twice before attempting to steam through the Strait, where 20 percent of the world’s oil used to flow before Operation Epic Fury.
They’re like mosquitoes; they’re small, but they can do damage. Now, Trump says he will swat them away:
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 23, 2026
If you lay mines, expect to soon meet your maker. The full post:
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! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
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The president, an active social media presence as we know, wasn’t done, however. He went on to say that the Islamic Republic is in total disarray after we decimated their (former) leadership, and no one even knows who’s in charge. Is it the hard-liners or the “moderates?”
If you’re a hard-liner these days, you'd best be watching your six:
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) April 23, 2026
Iran is having a very hard time figuring out who their leader is! They just don’t know! The infighting is between the “Hardliners,” who have been losing BADLY on the battlefield, and the “Moderates,” who are not very moderate at all (but gaining respect!), is CRAZY! We have total control over the Strait of Hormuz. No ship can enter or leave without the approval of the United States Navy. It is “Sealed up Tight,” until such time as Iran is able to make a DEAL!!! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP
As you can see above, Trump says we have an iron grip on the Strait of Hormuz, are not about to give that up, and will keep it going until they either bend the knee or we bleed them dry economically.
Interestingly, the president has praised the “moderates” on several occasions, presumably trying to prop them up and sideline the extremists. The question remains, however, how much power they actually have and if they will be taken out by the homicidal maniacs who comprise much of the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps).
For now, though, those pesky little boats that are what’s left of Iran’s military forces are put on notice: lay mines, harass shipping, and you will meet the same fate as numerous drug boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific.
In other words, they will go “boom.”
Editor's Note: For decades, former presidents have been all talk and no action. Now, Donald Trump is eliminating the threat from Iran once and for all.
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