US EditionNATO now wants to help with Hormuz, according to Trump
The blockade could cut nearly 20% of global energy supplies as U.S. forces move to stop ships entering or leaving Iranian ports, officials said.
- On Sunday, President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. Navy to immediately blockade the Strait of Hormuz, preventing all vessels from entering or leaving the strategic waterway to stop transit tolls to Iran, which the administration termed 'extortion.'
- Following 21 hours of failed negotiations in Islamabad, U.S. Vice President JD Vance said both sides could not reach agreement on Iran's nuclear program, prompting the blockade order.
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps warned that "any miscalculated move will trap the enemy in the deadly whirlpools" of the strait, while the U.S. military plans to clear mines the Iranians allegedly laid in the waterway.
- The Strait of Hormuz facilitates roughly 20% of global oil and gas transit daily; disruptions could drive prices significantly higher as at least 3,000 have died in the conflict since February 28.
- Geopolitical tensions remain high as the U.S. positions the USS Gerald Ford and USS Abraham Lincoln in the Persian Gulf, with observers warning that continued hostility could trigger wider regional instability and disrupt international maritime commerce.
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