American President Donald Trump published on his social network, Truth Social, that the United States will “mercilessly” bomb the coast of the Strait of Hormuz and will continue to shoot down Iranian boats and ships.
All this to, according to him, keep the Strait “open, safe and free”. Trump said he expects China, France, Japan, South Korea, the United Kingdom and other countries affected by the restriction to send warships to Hormuz. He claims that he has already destroyed 100% of Iran’s military capacity, but that it is easy for the Persian country to send “one or two drones”, or launch a mine or a short-range missile into the waterway, “no matter how defeated they are”.
The Strait of Hormuz is a strategic point that moves around 20% of the world’s oil.
