Oil tankers avoid Hormuz after Trump's blockade threats

 from al Mayadeen English

A growing number of oil tankers are rerouting away from the strategic Strait of Hormuz ahead of a planned US naval blockade set to begin Monday, Reuters reported, citing shipping data and official statements.

Trump issued threats against vessels that continue making transit payments to Iranian authorities, while also announcing that the US Navy would commence mine clearance operations in the Strait. The US president alleged, without providing evidence, that Iran had placed mines in the waterway.

The Strait serves as a critical passage for nearly one-fifth of the world's daily oil supplies. Any disruption there carries significant risks for global energy markets.

US Central Command announced on social media platform X that American naval forces would begin blocking all maritime traffic entering and leaving Iranian ports at 1400 GMT on Monday... 

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US destroyers' Strait of Hormuz transit stunt failed, came close to destruction

from PressTV

The US military’s attempt to sail two destroyers through the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday ended as a failed propaganda stunt timed to coincide with talks in Islamabad, a Press TV investigation has found.

The investigation, based on information provided by highly placed military-security sources, reveals that the US Navy destroyers came within minutes of complete destruction after attempting a high-risk passage through the Strait of Hormuz in a failed propaganda operation aimed at influencing Iran-US talks in the Pakistani capital.

The USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) and USS Frank E. Peterson (DDG 121), both Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, attempted to transit the strategic waterway but were intercepted and forced to retreat by Iranian naval forces.

According to the investigation, the American destroyers and their accompanying frigates did not succeed in passing through the strategic waterway that remains closed for US vessels.

Press TV's investigation found the American attempt to be an extremely high-risk move that could have easily turned into a disaster for the United States and its military.

The destroyers were only a few minutes away from complete destruction after Iranian cruise missiles locked onto the vessel and attack drones were deployed.

When the two destroyers and the accompanying fleet reached the mouth of the Persian Gulf, Iran's cruise missiles locked onto them, and the destroyers were given only 30-minutes to turn back. The vessels immediately retreated...

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Did Vance Tank Peace Deal to set Up Another USS Liberty?

The Zionists wanted Trump to bomb Iran back to the stone ages but he backed off on Tuesday. Ever since then they have been pressuring him to get with the program culminating with JD Vance going to Pakistan to scuttle the peace deal and now Trump threatens to shut down the Strait even though it's open for pretty much everyone else right now. To do that Trump needs to send some mine sweepers into the Strait to look for mines Iran didn't deploy. Trump needed a major crisis to justify bombing electrical plants and fuel depots in Iran. Americans were appalled at his threats. But how will that change if Iran is said to have sunk a US ship?

NBC https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/live-blog/live-updates-trump-iran-hormuz-israel-lebanon-ceasefire-talks-pakistan-rcna285140

Truth social https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116392449978703637

USA Today https://nomadiceveryman.blogspot.com/2026/04/iran-war-updates-trump-says-navy-to.html 

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Iran war updates: Trump says Navy to blockade Strait of Hormuz after failed talks

(So let me get this straight.. Hormuz had been opened up a bit and they are letting traffic thru to help ease burdon on the world... so TrumpyBear declared WE will shut it down for good now... after JD Vance deliberately tanked the peace talks? Is that about the size of it?) 

from USA Today

A day after failed peace negotiations between the United States and Iran in Islamabad, President Donald Trump said the U.S. Navy will start blockading the Strait of Hormuz.

In back-to-back posts made to social media early Sunday, April 12, Trump said the United States will also interdict every vessel in international waters that had paid a toll to Iran to pass through the critical shipping route.

"No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "We will also begin destroying the mines the Iranians laid in the Straits. Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be BLOWN TO HELL!"

A blockade, which Trump described as "effective immediately," would be a significant escalation in the Persian Gulf, coming mere hours after U.S-.Iran peace talks ended without a deal. The U.S. and Iran have been in a tenuous, two-week ceasefire that began April 7. 

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Diplomats slam US negotiators' performance in Iran talks

from al Mayadeen English

Former United States State Department advisor and veteran West Asia negotiator Aaron David Miller sharply criticized Washington’s assumptions about the pace and substance of talks with Iran, arguing that the US misjudged Iran’s position.

“If Administration believed after only 21 hours of negotiations, Iran would give up enrichment which is what Vance implied, they totally misread the moment and the Iranian dominated IRGC,” Miller posted on X. 

Gerard Araud, a high-ranking retired French diplomat who served as the Ambassador to the United States and the Permanent Representative to the United Nations, also pointed to the prowess of Iranian negotiators.

“The agreement we reached with Iran in 2015 was the result of hundreds of hours of negotiations with the support of experts of nuclear energy,” Araud explained. 

“Negotiating with the Iranians is the equivalent of a diplomatic trenches war. Line by line, word by word.” he posted on X...

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Is Trump Being Crucified for Doing Bibi's Bidding or Not Doing Bibi's Bidding?

Look at the timing. Trump decided to back off bombing Iran back into the stone ages, something Bibi Netanyahu has been dreaming of for 30+ years and all of a sudden everyone turns on him and his wife is suddenly attacked as well... while JD Vance, neocon Zionist, is put in charge of the negotiations which he seems to be torpedoing.  All based on a secret source article from the NYT, same publication that produced the Judith Miller fraud trying to get us to go to war with Iraq (on behalf of Israel)

Isn't it odd this is the timing. What if TrumpyBear is the only reason we didn't launch that genocidal attack on Iran... and they got us to attack him FOR NOT DOING WHAT NETANYAHU WANTED?!?

No Lefties... Iran Would NOT be Better Off with Nuclear Weapon and Here's Why

No Lefties... Iran Would NOT be Better Off with Nuclear Weapon and Here's Why 

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It's Just Like the Candice Owens Show Only Sadder

Happy Friday folks. Here's some news for you in between kitten feedings.

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UNICEF Says Children ‘Being Pulled From Under Rubble’ in Lebanon After Israeli Bombardment

(How long til TrumpyBear and the other Zionist collaborators declare UNICEF to be a terror organization and outlaw it?) 

from Common Dreams

A United Nations agency said late Thursday that Israel’s massive bombardment of Lebanon earlier this week killed or wounded more than 180 children, a statement issued as the Israeli military vowed to continue assailing the war-ravaged country—potentially derailing ceasefire efforts in Iran and across the region.

The UN Children’s Fund, widely known as UNICEF, said the toll from Israel’s assault on Wednesday brought the total number of children killed or wounded in Lebanon since March 2 to at least 600. The agency said it is “receiving reports of children being pulled from under the rubble, while others remain missing and separated from their families.”...

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Live Updates: Inflation Surges as Effects of the Iran War Show in Prices

(Everything TrumpyBear does is designed to make the economy scream) 

from the NYT

U.S. inflation surged in March as the energy shock stemming from the war in Iran rippled across the economy.

The Consumer Price Index report showed that inflation jumped to 3.3 percent compared to the same time last year, almost a full percentage point increase from February’s annual pace. Overall prices rose -0.9 percent over the course of March.

“Core” inflation, which strips out volatile food and energy prices, increased modestly. This measure of underlying inflation rose to 2.6 percent on a year-over-year basis following a 0.2 percent increase in March.

The data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday captured the period of rapidly rising commodity prices that preceded this week’s temporary cease-fire. The truce has provided some reprieve, but prices remain far higher than before the war began given its tenuous nature...

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