The United States will begin a naval blockade of all ships entering or leaving Iranian ports on April 13 at 10 a.m. Eastern Time.

The Iranians promised to open the Strait of Hormuz, but they did not do so.

I am very disappointed in NATO for not standing by our side.

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! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Trump could not find a way out. He tried to find a way out, but he failed. Many of his social media posts reflect his disappointment.

Indonesia and the United States discuss an agreement to grant US military aircraft access to Indonesian airspace.

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.

The armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran consider the defense of our country's legal rights a natural and legal duty. Accordingly, the exercise of the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran in its territorial waters is a natural right of the Iranian people.

On this basis, ensuring security in the territorial waters of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the self-sacrificing armed forces will continue resolutely. As has been repeatedly announced, enemy vessels have no right to pass through the Strait of Hormuz and will not be allowed to do so, while other vessels, in compliance with the regulations of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, will be permitted to continue transiting the strait.

In view of the continued threats by the enemy against the Iranian people and our country's national security, even after the end of the war, the Islamic Republic of Iran will firmly implement a permanent mechanism to control the Strait of Hormuz.

The imposition of restrictions by the "criminal" United States on the movement of ships in international waters is an illegal act and constitutes maritime piracy.

The armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran clearly and firmly affirm that the security of ports in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman must either be for everyone or for no one.

If the security of the ports of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman is threatened, then no port in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman will be safe.