📢 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 Trump: 34 Ships went through the Strait of Hormuz yesterday, which is by far the highest number since this foolish closure began. President DONALD J. TRUMP

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇨🇳 Chinese Defense Ministry:

‘Chinese ships continue to move in and out of the waters of the Strait of Hormuz. We have trade and energy agreements with Iran, which we will respect and abide by.

We expect others not to interfere in our affairs. Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz, and has opened it to us.’

@Middle_East_Spectator

📢 🇺🇸 🏥 Trump: "I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor, and had to do with Red Cross, as a Red Cross worker there, which we support... It’s supposed to be me as a doctor, making people better."

📎 Rapid Response 47

📢 🇺🇸 🇻🇦 Trump says he won’t apologize to Pope Leo:

I won’t apologize.

Pope Leo said things that are wrong.

I think Pope Leo is very weak on crime.

📎 Clash Report

🇲🇾⚡- Malaysia's Coast Guard seized two tankers for carrying out illegal ship-to-ship oil transfers in the Malacca Strait.

The Malacca Strait is a well-known hotspot for ship-to-ship transfers, especially involving Russian and Iranian crude oil. In February, Malaysian authorities detained two tankers linked to Iran for such activities.

📢 🇸🇬 🇮🇷 Singapore’s Foreign Minister on why he cannot accept negotiating with Iran for safe passage of ships.

“You may be wondering why I’m taking such a legal and strict definition, and it’s not because I’m particularly obsessed with law, but because the Strait of Malacca, the Strait of Singapore, is, in fact, another critical choke point,” he said.

He pointed out that more maritime oil – crude and refined – flowed through the Straits of Malacca and Singapore than even the Strait of Hormuz. In terms of global container trade, more flows through the region than the Strait of Hormuz.

While the narrowest point in the Strait of Hormuz is 21 nautical miles, the narrowest point in the Strait of Singapore is less than 2 nautical miles.

https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3349314/singapore-says-no-negotiations-hormuz-safe-passage-transit-right-not-privilege

📎 Eric X

🇺🇸 🤝 🇮🇩 U.S. announces a defense partnership with Indonesia.

📎 Disclosetv

⚡️🇺🇸 While recieving an order from McDonald's in the White House, Trump reassured the delivery woman that Iran will not possess nuclear weapons.

Happens.

@medmannews