Trump says Hormuz is open

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Donald Trump sits at the Resolute Desk and speaks at length about the Strait of Hormuz, insisting that it is open while the United States Navy controls it completely. The clip is used as a political reaction meme because his contradictory explanation—open to some ships but not to Iran—sounds confusing and absurd. EN: Donald Trump sits at the Resolute Desk and speaks at length about the Strait of Hormuz, insisting that it is open while the United States Navy controls it completely. The clip is used as a political reaction meme because his contradictory explanation—open to some ships but not to Iran—sounds confusing and absurd.

You give us any estimate of what you think the Strait of Hormuz will be? Well, it's open now. We're taking a lot of shit. It's open now. Look, the only one that has control of the Strait of Hormuz right now is the United States Navy. We have a blockade that's been infallible. It's a steel wall. And we let people in that we want to let in, and those people come in, and they've been coming in and they're going out. So it's actually open now. We do not let them go into Iran. They're not admitted into the Strait to go to Iran. But it's open for others now. A little bit complex because they will, on occasion, drop a mine. We find the mines. You know, we've mineswept the entire Strait, as you probably maybe heard, maybe you didn't hear. But we control the Strait 100 percent. now.

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