BREAKING: CENTCOM says the U.S. will begin a naval blockade of all ships entering or leaving Iranian ports on April 13 at 10 a.m. ET.

The blockade applies to vessels of all nations but will not affect ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz to non-Iranian ports.

Mariners are advised to follow official notices and maintain communication with U.S. naval forces in the region.

NEW: Regional countries are racing to bring the U.S. and Iran back to the negotiating table after marathon peace talks in Islamabad ended without a deal.

Despite defiant statements from the U.S. and Iran the door remains open for further diplomacy and a second round of talks could be held within days.

Regional countries were also in consultation with the U.S. to secure an extension of two-week ceasefire.

Source: WSJ

NOW: Péter Magyar:

TISZA not only won this election, but every sign points towards having a strong two-thirds majority in the new National Assembly.

Péter Magyar:

Our country wants to live again. It wants to be a European country again.

Crowd chants: "Russians go home!"

Péter Magyar:

Hungary will again be a strong ally in the European Union and NATO.

Péter Magyar:

We will renew and put on a strong foundation—and if possible, expand—the cooperation of the Visegrád Four.

In this spirit, my first trip will be to Poland, to strengthen the thousand-year-old Polish-Hungarian friendship.

My second trip will lead to Vienna, and the third to Brussels, so that we can bring home the EU funds that the Hungarian people are entitled to.

And, oil prices up again.

Trump is considering next steps against Iran.

Options include limited military strikes.

A full-scale bombing campaign is on the table but unlikely, since it could destabilize the region and lead to a prolonged conflict.

The U.S. may also try a temporary Hormuz blockade while pushing allies to take on more responsibility.

Source: WSJ

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi:

In intensive talks at highest level in 47 years, Iran engaged with U.S in good faith to end war.

But when just inches away from "Islamabad MoU", we encountered maximalism, shifting goalposts, and blockade.

Zero lessons earned.

Trump met with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis earlier today.

Anthony Albanese, Australia’s prime minister, said the country hasn’t been asked to support a US Hormuz blockade.

Trump:

The United States to Blockade Ships Entering or Exiting Iranian Ports on April 13 at 10:00 A.M. ET.

Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Trump lashes out at Pope Leo:

Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy. He talks about “fear” of the Trump Administration, but doesn’t mention the FEAR that the Catholic Church, and all other Christian Organizations, had during COVID when they were arresting priests, ministers, and everybody else, for holding Church Services, even when going outside, and being ten and even twenty feet apart.

I like his brother Louis much better than I like him, because Louis is all MAGA. He gets it, and Leo doesn’t! I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon. I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s terrible that America attacked Venezuela, a Country that was sending massive amounts of Drugs into the United States and, even worse, emptying their prisons, including murderers, drug dealers, and killers, into our Country.

And I don’t want a Pope who criticizes the President of the United States because I’m doing exactly what I was elected, IN A LANDSLIDE, to do, setting Record Low Numbers in Crime, and creating the Greatest Stock Market in History.

Leo should be thankful because, as everyone knows, he was a shocking surprise. He wasn’t on any list to be Pope, and was only put there by the Church because he was an American, and they thought that would be the best way to deal with President Donald J. Trump. If I wasn’t in the White House, Leo wouldn’t be in the Vatican.

Unfortunately, Leo’s Weak on Crime, Weak on Nuclear Weapons, does not sit well with me, nor does the fact that he meets with Obama Sympathizers like David Axelrod, a LOSER from the Left, who is one of those who wanted churchgoers and clerics to be arrested. Leo should get his act together as Pope, use Common Sense, stop catering to the Radical Left, and focus on being a Great Pope, not a Politician.

It’s hurting him very badly and, more importantly, it’s hurting the Catholic Church!

Trump posts image portraying himself as Jesus Christ.

Reporter: How is the ceasefire holding?

Trump: It is holding well.

Trump:

Iran is in very bad shape. I think they’re very desperate.

Reporter: Why did you attack Pope Leo?

Trump: I don’t think he’s doing a very good job. He likes crime, I guess.

We don’t like a pope who says it’s ok to have a nuclear weapon. We don’t want a pope that says crime is ok. I am not a big fan of Pope Leo.

Trump on Iran:

I don’t care if they come back or not. If they don’t come back, I’m fine.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken:

President Trump has taken an off-ramp. Maybe he was tired of all that winning.

He's really put himself into a corner over the last few weeks that's going to be very hard to get out of.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on enrichment:

It’s not clear whether the folks we had at the table fully grasp what they were getting from the Iranians.

Cuba's President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Trump's invasion threats over Cuba:

Whoever tries to take over Cuba will collect her blood-soaked soil if he does not perish in the struggle.