U.S. Sinking Iran Ships in Strait, Trump Says

The United States has sunk Iranian vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump said in a statement on Monday as the Navy worked to reopen the global shipping lane.

“We’ve shot down seven small Boats or, as they like to call them, ‘fast’ Boats. It’s all they have left,” Trump wrote on social media, saying the strikes came in response to an Iranian attack on a South Korean cargo ship.

“Other than the South Korean Ship, there has been, at this moment, no damage going through the Strait,” Trump added.

“Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dan Caine, will have a News Conference tomorrow morning,” he added.

The United States entered a ceasefire with Iran on April 8, which has continued despite Iranian disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, Israeli-Lebanese combat, and an American blockade on Iranian commerce.

On Monday, the United States began to attempt to escort ships through the strait, through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil passed before the conflict.

Global oil and gasoline prices have soared since the start of the conflict.

The United Arab Emirates said on Monday that it was receiving missile and drone strikes from Iran.

Adm. Brad Cooper, the commander of United States Central Command, said on Monday, “We’ve reached out to dozens of ships and shipping companies to encourage traffic flow.”

Asked what the renewed combat means for the ceasefire and the future of the conflict, a Pentagon spokesperson directed The Daily Signal to contact the White House, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

On Friday, Trump sent letters to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate President Pro Tempore Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, saying that hostilities with Iran “have terminated,” which, in theory, would absolve him of the need to seek a congressional extension of his war powers.