Trump says US starts clearing Strait of Hormuz
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States had begun clearing the Strait of Hormuz, describing the effort as a benefit to countries around the world including China, Japan, South Korea, France and Germany.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump also said 28 Iranian mine-laying boats were now “at the bottom of the sea.”
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“The only thing they have going is the threat that a ship may ‘bunk’ into one of their sea mines which, by the way, all 28 of their mine dropper boats are also lying at the bottom of the sea,” the US president wrote.
