Trump Claims '100%' Control of Hormuz as the US Navy Strikes a Cargo Ship with Missiles
"The only one that has control of the Strait of Hormuz is the United States Navy," Donald Trump said from the Oval Office, claiming to have swept it entirely for mines. The next day a CENTCOM helicopter fired two Hellfire missiles at a Panama-flagged cargo ship running the blockade. Tehran is holding to its conditions; Pakistan and Qatar simultaneously report a diplomatic breakthrough. Oil is climbing.