Trump says he likes US position in Iran war, asks when Iranian people will ‘rise up and fight’
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he likes where the U.S. stands in the Iran war, claiming America is exerting “total control of the Hormuz Strait” and that Iran’s economy is “totally collapsing.”
Iran denies that the Strait of Hormuz is under total American control and has routinely struck oil tankers attempting to transit through the waterway.
Iran’s economy was already under significant strain before the latest U.S. sanctions campaign, with the International Monetary Fund projecting consumer inflation of nearly 69% this year.
Trump has also denied reports that the latest string of military strikes were meant to bring Iran to the negotiating table.
“I couldn’t care less if they sign a worthless, to them, agreement,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “They are just playing out the inevitable. When are the Iranian people going to rise up and fight?”