“The US wiped Iran off the face of the Earth,” Trump wrote.
He noted that he allegedly achieved his goals several weeks ahead of schedule.
“Their leadership is destroyed, their fleet and air force are destroyed, they have no defense, and they want to make a deal. I don't! We are weeks ahead of schedule,” the US President said.
He also criticized New York Times journalist David Sanger, who wrote that Trump was looking for a way out of the situation he got himself into by starting a war against Iran. He called the publication a failure and said that it “always gets it wrong.”
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Against the backdrop of the war between the United States and Israel with Iran, the shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is one of the most important routes for the world oil trade, through which millions of barrels of crude oil and petroleum products pass every day from the Middle East to Asia, Europe and the United States. Oil prices began to grow sharply.
On March 10, information appeared in the media that Iran allegedly began mining the strait. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that the Navy The United States will escort tankers from companies that cooperate with the Americans through the Strait of Hormuz.
On March 14, US President Donald Trump called on China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK and other countries send your ships to create conditions of openness and security in the Strait of Hormuz.
On March 17, White House adviser Kevin Hassett said that Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is supposedly being restored, and Iran's attempts to restrict shipping on this route have not harmed the US economy.
