Tag: Strait of Hormuz
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Reports of An American Surrender in Iran Are Greatly Exaggerated
Trump Took a Shot at Regime Change. It Failed, but it Was Worth the Chance. by David Shephard, ©2026 (Jun. 23, 2026) — In late February President Trump initiated a military strike on Iran, targeting the entire leadership of the Iranian regime. This decision clearly demonstrates that he was for regime change. It wasn’t about…
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Trump Speaks from G7
by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 17, 2026) — At exactly 12:00 noon EDT Wednesday, flanked by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, President Donald Trump began a press conference from the G7 Summit in Évian-Les-Bains, France, first thanking French President Emmanuel Macron for hosting the annual meeting. Sounding hoarse and giving his…
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Trump: Iran Agreement “Complete”
by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 14, 2026) — At 5:29 p.m. EDT, in accordance with his message of Saturday, President Donald Trump declared the long-sought “deal” mandating that the Islamic Republic of Iran cannot and will not develop, procure or otherwise prepare nuclear weapons for use was consummated and the U.S.-imposed blockade on the Strait of Hormuz…
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Breaking: Trump Cancels Planned Assaults on Iran
by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 11, 2026) — In a direct turnabout from an earlier declaration, at 1:28 p.m. EDT Thursday President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he has “cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran this evening.” “Discussions and final points have been, in both concept and great detail, approved by all…
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Trump: U.S. to “Assume Total Control” of Iranian Oil and Gas
by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 11, 2026) — In a Truth Social post timestamped 8:22 a.m. EDT Thursday, President Trump said the United States will not only “hit Iran VERY HARD TONIGHT,” but also “assume total control” of the country’s “oil and gas markets.” “At some point in the not too distant future,” Trump wrote, “we…
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Trump Signals Agreement in Principle Reached with Iran
by Sharon Rondeau (May 6, 2026) — On Wednesday morning President Trump indicated that the conflict with Iran could be coming to an imminent close. For more than two months, the U.S. has conducted a military and economic initiative, Operation Epic Fury, aimed at convincing the regime to give up its ambition to develop a…
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Trump Pauses “Project Freedom”
by Sharon Rondeau (May 5, 2026) — At 6:52 p.m. EDT Tuesday, President Trump wrote on Truth Social he would suspend “Project Freedom,” an initiative launched just over a day ago for the United States to guide various nations’ ships through the Strait of Hormuz following heightened threats and hostile actions from Iran. “Based on…
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Will “Economic Fury” Be Enough to Quell Iran?
by Sharon Rondeau (May 3, 2026) — On today’s “Sunday Morning Futures” with Maria Bartiromo, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expounded on the intent of a U.S. campaign against Iran, dubbed “Economic Fury,” to convince the regime to agree to forfeit its nuclear weapons ambitions in order to survive given the weekslong U.S. onslaught against its…
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Iran Negotiations On, Then Off
by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 25, 2026) — As of Saturday morning, Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and Special Envoy for Peace Jared Kushner were scheduled to fly to Islamabad, Pakistan for a second round of in-person negotiations with the rogue nation of Iran, which in the midst of the United States’ destruction…
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Is Trump Capitulating or “Winning?”
by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 21, 2026) — In the wake of an upcoming Wednesday deadline for Iran to make a “deal” with the United States to include abandoning its nuclear ambitions, President Donald Trump on Tuesday offered Iranian leadership an open-ended time frame to prepare a peace “proposal.” According to “Hannity” host Sean Hannity at…
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Trump Breaks Silence on Iran’s Defiance
by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 19, 2026) — After withholding comment Saturday despite negative developments in the U.S. ceasefire with Iran, at 8:10 a.m. EDT Sunday President Trump acknowledged Iran’s “total violation” of the tenuous agreement set to expire on Wednesday. Despite having pledged Friday to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to shipping traffic, sending the…
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Has Trump Trumped Iran?
by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 17, 2026) — On Friday morning, President Donald Trump issued several striking Truth Social announcements indicating the conflict with Iran could be coming to an end within days and the rogue regime would turn over its “nuclear dust,” perhaps indicating it had agreed to stop pursuing nuclear weapons. On February 28,…
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Is Real Peace at Hand?
by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 15, 2026) — According to “Hannity” host Sean Hannity Wednesday evening, further peace negotiations between the United States and the Iranian regime are expected to encompass Iran’s “weapons-grade uranium,” Iran’s opening of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz and its devastated economy. U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a blockade on the…
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Goodbye NATO, Hello America First
by Jeff Crouere, ©2026 (Apr. 12, 2026) — The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was founded in 1949 and has grown to 32 nations. Not surprisingly, the United States of America is the largest contributor to the organization, supplying 16% of the overall NATO budget and has the largest expenditure on national defense, totaling $980 billion, which is 62% of the overall defense spending…
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Trump: “Blockade” on Strait of Hormuz to Take Effect “Pretty Soon”
by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 12, 2026) — At 10:03 a.m. EDT, U.S. President Donald J. Trump detailed to “Sunday Morning Futures” host Maria Bartiromo his announcement made approximately an hour earlier on Truth Social that he is imposing a “naval blockade” on the Strait of Hormuz in response to Iran’s failure to agree not to…
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Trump Announces Rescue of Downed Airman in Iran
by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 5, 2026) — At 12:08 a.m. on Easter Sunday, President Trump announced on Truth Social the rescue of a systems weapons officer shot down in Iranian territory Friday during Operation Epic Fury. The airman, an Air Force colonel, was flying in an F15-E fighter jet whose pilot was also shot down…
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Trump to Address Nation at 9:00 p.m. Wednesday
by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 1, 2026) — President Trump will speak to the nation from the Oval Office at 9:00 p.m. Wednesday on the progress of the conflict with Iran, now in its fifth week. At the outset of hostilities on February 28, Trump suggested the mission would take perhaps four weeks to achieve its…
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Swine Must Be Swaddled!
21 March 2026 Dear Editor, There’s no doubt Donald Trump so very often is a swine of a bloke who’s a frequent teller of huge porkies! However, when bearing in mind the most unspeakable atrocities (not collateral damage of war) committed against Israeli babies, children (especially girls) and women and men of all ages in…