UPDATE: The Trump administration is pushing back hard against claims that the Strait of Hormuz has been fully shut down.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt dismissed the reports as misleading.
Leavitt stated that what Iran is signaling publicly does not match what is actually happening behind the scenes.
She went even further, revealing that direct communications to President Trump contradict the panic-inducing headlines.
“White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said reports the strait is closed are “a case of what they’re saying publicly is different privately—we have seen an uptick in traffic in the strait today,” she said, adding, “it has been relayed to [Trump] privately” that the strait remains open “and these reports publicly are false.””
According to reports from Fox News’ Trey Yingst, the Strait of Hormuz is now effectively a hostage of the Iranian Navy.
While two vessels were permitted to pass early Wednesday after Trump’s initial announcement, the gates have since been slammed shut. Iran claims the “suspension” is a response to Israeli strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
But the treachery doesn’t stop at the water’s edge. Reports indicate that an Iranian attack overnight successfully struck Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline.
This is a devastating blow to global markets, as that pipeline is the only viable alternative for Saudi crude exports when the Strait of Hormuz is blocked.
Fars News Agency, the official propaganda arm directly linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), reported Wednesday that tanker traffic is now “suspended” after Israel continued hammering Hezbollah.
PBS journalist Elizabeth Landers confirmed that President Trump told her directly: Israel’s war against Hezbollah in Lebanon is NOT part of the ceasefire deal.
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