President Donald Trump on Wednesday blasted the mainstream media for failing to report on the effectiveness of “the most successful Blockade in the history of Naval Warfare” in the Strait of Hormuz. “The Fake News Media refuses to report how EFFECTIVE the U.S. Naval BLOCKADE is,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, declaring that “NOTHING GETS THROUGH unless we want it to. IT IS A STEEL WALL!”
Trump said the blockade has left Tehran economically crippled, arguing Iran is “doing ZERO business,” failing to pay its military or bills, and “quickly becoming a FAILED NATION.” The president’s comments came as new data cited by the nonpartisan Foundation for Defense of Democracies showed the U.S. blockade and sanctions have delivered a major blow to Iran’s oil exports, long the regime’s chief source of hard currency. According to FDD on Friday, Iran exported zero crude oil in May and only 2 million barrels of naphtha, equal to roughly 64,000 barrels per day.
