Iran: Trump remarks on Strait of Hormuz 'inconsistent with reality'

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

05/24/26 8:23 AM ET


Iran is pushing back on parts of a tentative deal being negotiated by the Trump administration that could put an end to the war between the two countries. President Trump on Saturday evening announced the two sides were moving close to a deal. Iranian officials have acknowledged the talks, and have even said there has been progress.

But they are also suggesting major sticking points could prevent a final deal from being reached. The Fars news agency reported Sunday that the agreement would allow Iran to manage the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20 percent of the world’s oil supply flows. Those shipments have mostly been halted since the war began in March, causing oil and gas prices to skyrocket around the world.

Trump on Saturday said the deal would lead to the Strait of Hormuz being opened, but did not mention Iranian management of the waterway. The Fars news agency, which is linked to Iran’s government, said Trump’s remarks about the Strait of Hormuz were “inconsistent with reality.”. Fars said that under the terms of the deal, Iran would allow the number of ships passing through the Strait to return to “pre-war” levels, but that this would not “in any way mean ‘free passage’” through the Strait, as Trump had contended.

President Trump is under enormous pressure to relieve high gas prices in the United States by opening the Strait. Average gas prices in the nation are above $4.50 per gallon, and have ramped-up worries within the Republican Party about this fall’s midterm elections, where the GOP is seeking to protect its majorities in the House and Senate. Fars reported that the management of the Strait “would continue to be a monopoly” run by Iran. It also said that Iran had made no commitments on its nuclear program as a result of the talks.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5893215-iran-war-trump-deal-strait/

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As expected. Another pump and dump weekend.

[Dr. T]

1. "Inconsistent with reality."

That pretty much sums up the entire MAGAsphere. Mass hallucination. That ain't cyanide in the kool-aid, it's psilocybin tea.

[SergeStorms]

13. Trump has been living.....

in a separate reality since birth. He's certainly not acquainted with the reality 97% of Americans live in.

[dalton99a]

2. In other words, demented and delusional

[Ocelot II]

3. "Inconsistent with reality" describes pretty much everything Trump says.

[twodogsbarking]

4. We have won the war that isn't a war thirty times. You nailed it.

[Bayard]

5. Its the most polite way I've ever heard batshit crazy described

[Ray Bruns]

6. So what else is new?

[aeromanKC]

7. Ya, another dump another $5/gallon at the pump weekend.

[EX500rider]

8. So if the channel gets moved over into Omani waters after the war what's Iran's plan?

The straight at its narrowest is around 30 miles, so 12 miles of it in Iranian waters, 6 in international waters and 12 in Omani waters.

The water is deep right up to the Omani coastline, they should move the channel there and tell iran to f off

[SamuelTheThird]

9. Iran can just attack the ships again, anytime they please

Simple

[BumRushDaShow]

10. Then Iran will just target Oman and ships near there with drones, which they already have done early on

[Soul_of_Wit]

11. Sarcasm?

You do realize that Iran has zero issues with firing missiles into (or laying mines) anywhere within the strait? The concept of international waters is a convention and not a law of physics.

[EX500rider]

14. I think trying to get the world to travel thru your channel so they can pay you ransom will be a hard sell

[Soul_of_Wit]

15. What is the alternative?

Thanks to Donald, Iran has taken an unproven threat and made closing the strait a reality. The world economy is threatened by the closure. Iran can choose who pays a toll and who does not. Iran can simply say, "invade us, nuke us, or pound sand." Iran can ask for and get aid from Russia and China. The US has isolated itself from the non-Middle East world. Now, the gulf states are realizing that they picked the wrong side.

Building a canal around the strait would take a decade, enormous resources, and international cooperation. Iran could still attack any site in the region, including the canal construction. The world economy will not wait that long. Donald will have to chicken out, yet again. The deal he gets will be worse (maybe much worse) than what Obama and the world had before Donald tore it up at the beginning of his first term.

[EX500rider]

16. Pipelines & highways/trains to the Red Sea/Med/Arabian Sea & Iran can collect tolls from itself

[BumRushDaShow]

18. There is not enough pipeline for that which is why UAE is trying to fast-track another pipeline to bypass the Strait

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143665276

And crude isn't the only thing transiting that waterway. There are all kinds of other stuff going through there.

[EX500rider]

19. Yes that's why I said highways and railways also

There's nothing that transits out the gulf that can't go by highway or train or pipeline, that's how it gets to the Gulf in the first place, they can just transit it somewhere else.

[Soul_of_Wit]

12. How sad that a comment from Iran is more credible than a 3 AM shitpost (n/m)

[eringer]

17. He needs to focus on the ballroom

And nothing else

[BumRushDaShow]

20. And the Arch and the D.C. golf course and the swimming-pool reflecting pool

and Cuba and Greenland and Venezuela and Canada, and then his "library" (in quotes).