President Trump Announces NAVAL BLOCKADE On Strait of Hormuz After Iran Refuses Peace Deal

On Saturday, a U.S. delegation led by Vice President JD Vance traveled to Pakistan to engage in negotiations with Iran.

After around 21 hours of nonstop talks, negotiations ended, and VP Vance held a live press conference to give us an update on how they went.

Unfortunately, the peace talks did not result in an end to the war because Iran ultimately refused to make a deal.

We covered that in detail here:

Vice President JD Vance Gives Update on Iran War After 21 HOURS of Negotiations

As JD Vance noted, the Iranians’ failure to strike a deal is going to be way worse for them than it is for us.

Today, President Trump announced the consequences of Iran’s refusal to make peace…

He’s taking the Strait of Hormuz away from them!

Specifically, the U.S. Navy will begin blockading the Strait of Hormuz to stop Iran from policing the vital strait.

In addition, the Navy will interdict any vessels who have paid an illegal toll to Iran and destroy mines laid in the strait.

Read President Trump’s full statement on Truth Social here:

Full text:

So, there you have it, the meeting went well, most points were agreed to, but the only point that really mattered, NUCLEAR, was not. Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz. At some point, we will reach an “ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO IN, ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO OUT” basis, but Iran has not allowed that to happen by merely saying, “There may be a mine out there somewhere,” that nobody knows about but them. THIS IS WORLD EXTORTION, and Leaders of Countries, especially the United States of America, will never be extorted. I have also instructed our Navy to seek and interdict every vessel in International Waters that has paid a toll to Iran. No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas. We will also begin destroying the mines the Iranians laid in the Straits. Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be BLOWN TO HELL! Iran knows, better than anyone, how to END this situation which has already devastated their Country. Their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, their Anti Aircraft and Radar are useless, Khamenei, and most of their “Leaders,” are dead, all because of their Nuclear ambition. The Blockade will begin shortly. Other Countries will be involved with this Blockade. Iran will not be allowed to profit off this Illegal Act of EXTORTION. They want money and, more importantly, they want Nuclear. Additionally and, at an appropriate moment, we are fully “LOCKED AND LOADED,” and our Military will finish up the little that is left of Iran! President DONALD J. TRUMP

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America holds all the cards…

Truly, the only leverage that Iran has left is the Strait of Hormuz.

By cutting it off, President Trump is showing who’s really in charge here!

Fox News provided some interesting analysis on why this is such a big deal, which you can watch here:

🚨 BOOM! The Strait of Hormuz was Iran's LAST HOPE, and President Trump is taking it AWAY from them

Shouldn't have stonewalled JD Vance in Pakistan!

"Now they have no leverage left, because they were decimated on the battlefield, and they're looking to the Strait of Hormuz, and… pic.twitter.com/H2wIp7PX0D

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 12, 2026

BOOM! The Strait of Hormuz was Iran’s LAST HOPE, and President Trump is taking it AWAY from them

Shouldn’t have stonewalled JD Vance in Pakistan!

“Now they have no leverage left, because they were decimated on the battlefield, and they’re looking to the Strait of Hormuz, and that’s exactly why President Trump put out this post on TRUTH Social, and he has ordered this blockade of the Strait to show the Iranians who is in charge!”

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“The Iranian economy and their current infrastructure is in freefall as a result of the success of Operation Epic Fury, and it will continue to get worse.” @TreyYingst

In another Truth Social post, President Trump provided more information on yesterday’s talks in Pakistan and blasted Iran for refusing to give up nuclear ambitions.

Read it here:
Full text:

Iran promised to open the Strait of Hormuz, and they knowingly failed to do so. This caused anxiety, dislocation, and pain to many people and Countries throughout the World. They say they put mines in the water, even though all of their Navy, and most of their “mine droppers,” have been completely blown up. They may have done so, but what ship owner would want to take the chance? There is great dishonor and permanent harm to the reputation of Iran, and what’s left of their “Leaders,” but we are beyond all of that. As they promised, they better begin the process of getting this INTERNATIONAL WATERWAY OPEN AND FAST! Every Law in the book is being violated by them. I have been fully debriefed by Vice President JD Vance, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner, on the meeting that took place in Islamabad through the kind and very competent leadership of Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, of Pakistan. They are very extraordinary men, and continuously thank me for saving 30 to 50 million lives in what would have been a horrendous War with India. I always appreciate hearing that — The amount of Humanity spoken of is incomprehensible.

The meeting with Iran began early in the morning, and lasted throughout the night — Close to 20 hours. I could go into great detail, and talk about much that has been gotten but, there is only one thing that matters — IRAN IS UNWILLING TO GIVE UP ITS NUCLEAR AMBITIONS! In many ways, the points that were agreed to are better than us continuing our Military Operations to conclusion, but all of those points don’t matter compared to allowing Nuclear Power to be in the hands of such volatile, difficult, unpredictable people. My three Representatives, as all of this time went by, became, not surprisingly, very friendly and respectful of Iran’s Representatives, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, Abbas Araghchi, and Ali Bagheri, but that doesn’t matter because they were very unyielding as to the single most important issue and, as I have always said, right from the beginning, and many years ago, IRAN WILL NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON!

Speaking to Maria Bartiromo on today’s episode of Sunday Morning Futures, President Trump confirmed that it will be a “complete blockade” until Iran caves.

He compared it to the wildly successful operation in Venezuela.

“It’s going to be all or none. And that’s the way it is,” he said, “You saw what we did with Venezuela. It’ll be something very similar to that, but at a higher level.”

Watch:

🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: President Trump confirms he's going FULL VENEZUELA on the Strait of Hormuz and Iran

There it is!! 🔥🔥

"It's going to be all or none. And that's the way it is. You saw what we did with Venezuela. It'll be something very similar to that, but at a higher level."… pic.twitter.com/GUjtzXsAD8

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 12, 2026

IT’S OFFICIAL: President Trump confirms he’s going FULL VENEZUELA on the Strait of Hormuz and Iran

There it is!! 🔥🔥

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“It’s going to be all or none. And that’s the way it is. You saw what we did with Venezuela. It’ll be something very similar to that, but at a higher level.”

“It’s called ‘all in and all out.’ There’ll be a time when we’ll have them all come in and all come out, but it won’t be a percentage. It won’t be a friend of yours, like a country that’s your ally or a country that’s your friend is all or nothing.”

“We’re just bringing the ships up. We got a lot of ships that we’re bringing them up. We think that numerous countries are going to be helping us with this also, but we’re putting on a complete blockade.”

“We’re not going to let Iran make money on selling oil to people that they like and not people that they don’t like or whatever it is.”

Iran didn’t want to do it the easy way; so, now, they are being forced to do it the hard way!

In the end, the terrorist regime will fall, and the whole world — even those criticizing the war, right now — will rejoice!

Stay tuned…

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