Trump says Iran is 'starving for cash' amid Strait of Hormuz disruption
President Donald Trump doubled down on his claim that Iran wants the Strait of Hormuz opened in a post to social media on Tuesday, shortly after he announced an open-ended extension of the ceasefire with Tehran.
"Iran is collapsing financially!" Trump wrote. "They want the Strait of Hormuz opened immediately -- Starving for cash!"
In an earlier social media post, Trump insisted that Iran is "losing" because of the U.S. blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. The president also claimed that Iran only wants to close the Strait in order to "save face."

Without specifying who, Trump also claimed that "people" told him "four days ago" that Iran wants to reopen the Strait, but he declined to lift the blockade because he says this is the U.S.' leverage point to secure a deal.
"But if we do that, there can never be a Deal with Iran, unless we blow up the rest of their Country, their leaders included!" Trump wrote.
The president also again extolled recent American military achievements in Iran. "Their entire Navy is at the bottom of the Sea, their Air Force is gone, their Anti Aircraft and Radar is wiped out, their Nuclear Labs and Storage Areas were OBLITERATED late one dark June evening by our Great B-2 Bombers, their leaders are DEAD," Trump wrote.
-ABC News' Meghan Mistry and Emily Chang




