Trump warns Iran to open Hormuz or get 'hit very hard'
A man sits on a surfboard as a container ship and other commercial vessels appear anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, July 27, 2026. (Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP, File)
U.S. President Donald Trump said an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could be reached within days but warned that Iran would face heavy strikes if negotiations failed.
“The strait is going to be open very soon, or they’re going to get hit very hard — and then the strait’s going to be open,” Trump told Fox News on Aug. 4.
Speaking later to reporters in California, Trump said negotiators “had a very good day” and that a deal could come “tomorrow or the next day.”
