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@KobeissiLetter Im pretty sure the SCOTUS said he cant do that without congress.

BREAKING: President Trump says any country supplying military weapons to Iran will face a 50% tariff.

@_A_khalifa er... it was open before (without conditions) it is now open again (with conditions). It can be closed when Iran want.

TO KEEP IT SIMPLE: Trump said: Open the Strait of Hormuz, or I’ll send Iran back to the Stone Age. Iran not only agreed to reopen it, but also accepted a temporary ceasefire after spending weeks refusing any truce & demanding the war end completely. Now they’re trying to sugarcoat everything & paint it in a nicer light for their people and supporters.That’s their business. The facts are straightforward: Trump demanded it, set a clear deadline with a serious threat & Iran folded. Simple as that!

@marceldirsus No bombing. Back to as before but with them charging for using the strait and no sanctions. Yes it's hard to see why on earth...

So why did Tehran agree to this?

@Susanhangreen @johnredwood That wasnt what Trump said.

@RBonnorM @johnredwood There not threatening the Iranian people they tell them to stay inside and keep safe the only ones they want to destroy are Islam terrorists

What does the UK think of the Iran demand they control shipping and charge a toll in the Straits? As this is a clear violation of international law why isn’t the PM speaking out against it?

@BamaBonds It is over but the world has a new superpower. Iran control 20% of global oil flows. They wasted all those years being a terrorist state. Watch how they make Israel back down in lebanon.

You’ll be seeing a lot of people arguing that, for various reasons, the Great Hormuz Crisis of 2026 is not over. So here’s a pro tip: It’s over.

@DBrodyReports Iran now have a superpower they werent sure of before. They can close the strait at their will and control the price of oil. Great win. Thanks Donald.

So Trump goes full scorched-earth rhetoric. He gets mocked, called dangerous, “unhinged” and then within hours?Iran says they’ll open the Strait of Hormuz after he told Iran they better open it or else. You can hate the tone. You can hate the man but you can’t ignore the result. This is called The Art of the Deal—backed by the reality that he’ll actually pull the trigger. Of course, if Iran doesn’t open the straight then Hellish fury will rain down on the Regime and Trump will have even more leverage after the dust settles.

@mitchellvii Crazy take. Iranian oil was still going to China.

“You now see the global superpower humbled by a tinpot theocratic dictatorship.” Trump's failure to force Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz "is America's Suez moment”, says General Sir Richard Shirreff, former Nato deputy supreme allied commander. @rosiewright99 | #TimesRadio

The ceasefire gives Iran control over the Strait of Hormuz, which it did not have before Trump launched the war. The regime is still in place, it still has enriched uranium, the capability to shoot missiles at drones at its neighbors. What, other than chaos, did Trump achieve?

@Susanhangreen @johnredwood No, but i'd rather they werent shown how they no longer need to be a terrorist state. They have a much more powerful weapon. They can close the strait. Threatening to wipe a civilisation out is, btw, a threat of genocide.

@RBonnorM @johnredwood What genocide is this so u would rather appease a terrorist regime wow

@MJSievers Odd take. Iran can close the strait at will. This is a superpower they werent sure they had. Trump got nothing but them saying they would open (on their terms) what was freely open before. No other concessions.

My take on the ceasefire Iran blinked. Just yesterday the regime rejected a temporary ceasefire and refused to meet in Islamabad. Over night they took President Trump’s threats seriously. There is no way to bridge Iran’s 10 points with America’s 15. So the outcome of negotiations depends on whether Iran accepts the fundamental U.S. demands: removal of highly enriched uranium, no further enrichment, dismantlement of ballistic missile and drone capacity, an end to funding and directing the regional proxies, and full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. We’ll see soon enough.

@deechopra69 @afneil It was open before, it is open again (with terms). Dont you see Iran didnt really know the power they had. Now they do. Thanks Don

Isn’t the strait now open due to the pressure from Trump? Did you forget how Iran hijacked an entire oil distribution waterway? Did you forget that Iran has been the world’s biggest sponsor of terrorism and has been reported as such ever since I was a little child and most of your working career? Are you forgetting something? Don’t you that no one on the planet has had the guts to target Iran and their fanatical ideology in this way? Things just needed to change in that area. I mean who defends themselves in a random hissy-fit way by bombing its neighbours and blaming 2 nations for it all? Those neighbours lost affected will NOT forget.

All most every sentence of this is a lie. And if the Strait of Hormuz does open it will be on Iranian terms, something Iran did not enjoy before Trump’s War. So thanks a lot for the Tehran Toll Booth.

@afneil Iran now have a superpower. They can control 20% of global oil at there will. Thanks Donald.

@KobeissiLetter I.e. Trump got Pakistanto propose cease fire. He's accepted his own proposal. Iran has not moved an inch. The strait aint open.

BREAKING: We have received the full details on the US-Iran 2-week ceasefire announced by President Trump: Details include: 1. The 2-week pause is subject to Iran agreeing to the "complete, immediate, and safe opening" of the Strait of Hormuz 2. Trump describes this as a "double sided ceasefire" brokered by Pakistan 3. Trump says the US has "already met and exceeded all military objectives" 4. Trump says the US and Iran are "far along with a definitive agreement for long-term peace" 5. Trump says Iran's 10-point proposal is a "workable basis" and this two-week period will allow an agreement to be finalized We now await comment from Iran.

@stelzner_n1150 I just hope this ages well.

Nothing will happen tonight because Trump knows it would cause a global recession and $200 oil. He isn't that stupid.

@KemiBadenoch @Conservatives Plan 2 was from 2012 to 2023. Who invented it, who made up the rules and who never thought to change it despite inflation at 10%+???

Labour have finally noticed the Plan 2 student loan problem (after we pushed it). But their cap isn’t enough. Graduates are still paying interest way above inflation. That’s the real problem. We’d scrap interest above RPI entirely. Fair and simple. Only @Conservatives have a New Deal For Young people and a plan to Get Britain Working Again💪

@frankiem63 @atc1249 @E_Meadley @afneil We were talking about school shootings but you changed the subject. As you just did again. Read more is my advice. You said a knife murder was at a school, it wasn't, you then changed from school to general homicides with some racist rhetoric, you then doubled down. Boring.

@RBonnorM @atc1249 @E_Meadley @afneil Didn’t make a thing up, Black makes makes make up 6% of the population, commit 51% of the homicides. Prove me wrong. Enjoy your Paki rape gangs.

Last year there were 14,651 murders in America involving guns. Britain? 32 So I suspect even you can see where the problem is. And we’re nowhere near an Islamist abyss.

@frankiem63 @atc1249 @E_Meadley @afneil They were pre school - it was a party. It was not school related. Of mass school shooting since 2000 in the US the perpetrators are 65% White, 11% Hispanic/Latino, 10% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Native American but you keep making stuff up if you like. In the UK there have been none.

@RBonnorM @atc1249 @E_Meadley @afneil One , technically not in school at a track meet but school related. America has a race problem. Black males make up 6% of the population and commit 51% of the homicides.

@Andandandwhat @TopTrendingBuzz @KobeissiLetter Maybe, but its 400 miles long, with defenses mainly deep underground and the strait will remain closed. The choice was not to start an unwinnable war.

@RBonnorM @TopTrendingBuzz @KobeissiLetter Iran can choose to defend the strait or not. But they will be bombed to oblivion in the rest of the country if so. It’s their choice

BREAKING: Iran has delivered its highly anticipated "10-point" response to the US' "15-point peace plan." Iran's 10-point plan includes: 1. Guarantee that Iran will not be attacked again 2. Permanent end to the war, not just a ceasefire 3. End to Israeli strikes in Lebanon 4. Lifting of all US sanctions on Iran 5. End to all regional fighting against Iranian allies 6. In return, Iran would open the Strait of Hormuz 7. Iran would impose a Hormuz fee of $2 million per ship 8. Iran would split these fees with Oman 9. Iran to provide rules for safe passage through Hormuz 10. Iran to use Hormuz fees for reconstruction instead of reparations President Trump's "deadline" for a peace deal with Iran is 25 hours away.