President Donald Trump is urging commercial oil tankers to push through the strategic Strait of Hormuz despite escalating tensions with Iran, declaring that there is “nothing to be afraid of” after U.S. military strikes severely weakened the Iranian regime’s naval capabilities.
The blunt message from the commander-in-chief came as global energy markets reacted to the ongoing conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran.
Oil prices exploded over 17%on Sunday, blasting past the $100 per barrel mark for the first time since the early days of Trump’s decisive strikes against the Iranian regime.
In a bold Truth Social post this evening, Trump dismissed the short-term pain as a necessary step toward crushing the Iranian nuclear threat once and for all.
“Short term oil prices, which will drop rapidly when the destruction of the Iran nuclear threat is over, is a very small price to pay for U.S.A., and World, Safety and Peace. ONLY FOOLS WOULD THINK DIFFERENTLY!”
In a fiery statement during an interview with Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade, Trump called on ship operators and tanker crews to continue moving oil shipments through the critical maritime chokepoint.
Kilmeade relayed the message onFox & Friends:
He says, ‘Tell these tankers to get themselves, get to it, we have wiped out most of their launchers.’ Here is exactly what he said: ‘These ships should go through the Strait of Hormuz and show some guts, there’s nothing to be afraid of. [The Iranians] have no navy, we sunk all their ships.’
He went on to say: ‘Look, there is risk in the region, the region is volatile, their launchers, there’s just about 150 left, that’s just about 20% of totals, they can’t regenerate, they can’t make any more. We are in the region and need to act quickly on all these type of attacks.’
President Donald Trump said the U.S. military has “knocked out” 42 Iranian naval vessels and crippled much of Iran’s air force, while addressing Latin American leaders at the Shield of the Americas Summit in Florida on Saturday.
Source: The Gateway Pundit
