U.S. President Donald Trump insisted Wednesday there was no time pressure to end the war with Iran and no deadline for when American military action would resume in the absence of a deal, saying the Iranians were more fearful of the U.S. maritime blockade than they were of the bombing. Photo by Daniel Heuer/UPI | License Photo
April 23 (UPI) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he ordered the Navy to "shoot and kill" boats putting down mines in the Strait of Hormuz amid a U.S. blockade of Iranian ports on the waterway.
He said he's also ordered the military to increase efforts to clear mines that have already been laid.
"I have ordered the United States Navy to shoot and kill any boat, small boats though they may be (Their naval ships are ALL, 159 of them, at the bottom of the sea!), that is putting mines in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
"There is to be no hesitation. Additionally, our mine 'sweepers' are clearing the Strait right now. I am hereby ordering that activity to continue, but at a tripled up level!"
