Trump says US controls Strait of Hormuz, no need for Iran deal
Donald Trump claims the US controls the Strait of Hormuz and holds Iranian funds, stating there is no need for a new agreement with Tehran.
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AIUS President Donald Trump has asserted that the United States controls the Strait of Hormuz and does not need to reach an agreement with Iran, claiming that Washington holds hundreds of billions of dollars in Iranian funds.
In a post on his Truth Social platform on Thursday, Trump said: "We do not need a deal with Iran; those days are long gone. We have their money, hundreds of billions of dollars, and we have their strait!"
Separately, Trump announced that he has asked his vice president, J.D. Vance, to focus fully on what he described as massive corruption and crime occurring in Democrat-run cities and states across the United States.
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Trump accused Minnesota, California, Illinois, and other states of mismanagement and corruption, alleging that billions of dollars are stolen each month. He said: "Blue states like Minnesota, California, Illinois, and many others are badly run and serve as disastrous models of corruption. Billions of dollars are stolen every month, and we could quickly balance the budget by stopping this large-scale criminal activity. Corruption runs in the blood of Democratic Party leadership!"