The vulgar message, remarkable even by Trump’s standards, came ahead of the expiration on Monday of a 10-day ultimatum he had set for Iran, threatening to attack the country’s energy infrastructure if they failed to open the strategic waterway to international shipping. Iran’s closure of the strait is having a crippling effect on the global economy and has sent the price of energy soaring, including in the US. Eighteen right-wing legislators urged Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu to order the full occupation of south Lebanon up to the Litani river and to expel all the Lebanese residents, and not to suffice with a limited buffer zone.
Author: Mark Weiss
Published at: 2026-04-05 20:35:06
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