Trump Insists U.S. Should ‘Run’ Strait of Hormuz and Get Paid For It

“We’re going to take out Pickaxe Mountain. Tell the Iranians to be ​ready,” Trump said.

The U.S. military on ​Saturday evening said it had begun “launching the third round of strikes this week against Iran” after Iranian forces “blatantly attacked” a Cyprus-flagged container ship transiting the Strait.

Late Sunday afternoon, U.S. forces launched additional strikes against Iran “to continue degrading their ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial ships freely transiting the Strait” after Tehran said it had disabled a second vessel, this time off the coast of Oman.

Iran retaliated by again targeting U.S. assets in Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, and Oman.

The hostilities continued into Monday, with Bahrain—home to the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet—reporting it had intercepted multiple Iranian missiles. Jordan also said it had intercepted missiles that entered its airspace from Iranian territories.