President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday the United States has a military and economic stranglehold on Iran on and declared, “Praise be to Allah!”
Trump took to Truth Social to liken the United States’ blockade on the Strait of Hormuz to “A WALL OF STEEL.”
He capped off the post with “Praise be to Allah!”— a phrase he used on Easter morning when threatening Iran with annihilation of infrastructure.
Trump said Tuesday night that he is “the last person to trust Iran” after reports surfaced that he took a secret flight from Turkey last night amid a threat from the Iranians.
“Are you saying I trust Iran?” Trump said to a reporter. “I’m the last person to trust Iran. They’ve lied to me constantly.”
“We have total control over the Hormuz Strait right now,” he said. “They don’t have control. We have total control. We own it. And at some point, maybe they’ll do something, and then they get blown away. But we, right now, we’re in a very good position.”
“We have a country that has been the bully of the Middle East for 50 years—really, 51 if you think about it—we’ve been saying 47 for 4 years. And they’re no longer the bully of the Middle East,” he added.