More than 10,000 U.S. Sailors, Marines, and Airmen along with over a dozen warships and dozens of aircraft are executing the mission to blockade ships entering and departing Iranian ports.

During the first 24 hours, no ships made it past the U.S. blockade and 6 merchant vessels complied with direction from U.S. forces to turn around to re-enter an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman.

The blockade is being enforced impartially against vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas, including all Iranian ports on the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman.

U.S. forces are supporting freedom of navigation for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz to and from non-Iranian ports.

The Lebanese people are victims of Iranian aggression, and this needs to stop.

This is an historic gathering that we hope to build on. We are joined by excellent people who will be in a position to obviously take this back to their respective capitals.

This is a process, not an event. This is more than just one day; this will take time, but we believe it is worth this endeavor.

The hope today is that we can outline the framework upon which a permanent and lasting peace can be developed.

Something could be happening over the next two days. We’re more inclined to go Pakistan.

You should stay there, really. Why should we go to some country that has nothing to do with it?

The [Pakistani] field marshal is doing a great job. He’s fantastic. He’s doing a great job — that’s why it’s more likely.

I just got off the phone with a senior Trump administration official:

"A lot is happening today and tomorrow. We have all the ingredients of a deal, but it's not all there yet."

"The blockade has Iran really fearful, which chokes off their economy."

Trump argues that diet soda is good for him because it kills grass if poured on grass; therefore, it must kill cancer cells inside the body.

Treasury is moving aggressively with Economic Fury, maintaining maximum pressure on Iran.

Financial institutions should be on notice that the department is leveraging the full range of available tools and authorities and is prepared to deploy secondary sanctions against foreign financial institutions that continue to support Iran’s activities.

The short-term authorization permitting the sale of Iranian oil already stranded at sea is set to expire in a few days and will not be renewed.

HISTORIC RECRUITING NUMBERS CONTINUE…

Just learned the U.S. Air Force & U.S. Space Force met their FY26 recruiting goals 5 months early. Ahead of last year’s record pace.

Both U.S. Army & U.S. Marines soon to follow.

Young Americans surging to President Trump’s Department of War.

We discovered today that we're on the same side of the equation — that's the most positive thing we could have come away with.

We are both united in liberating Lebanon from an occupation power dominated by Iran called Hezbollah. Lebanon is under their occupation, and we are suffering from their constant barrages of missiles and terror attacks trying to cross our border.

We talked about a number of things, and most importantly, the vision, the long-term vision, where there'll be a clearly delineated border between our countries and where the only reason we'll need to cross each other's territory will be in business suits to conduct business or in bathing suits to go on vacation.