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Trump claims ships are starting to traverse ‘totally safe’ Strait of Hormuz
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Vessels are seen anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, off the port city of Khasab on Oman's northern Musandam Peninsula on May 17, 2026. (AFP)
US President Donald Trump claims that “ships are starting to move — many loaded up with oil — out of the Strait of Hormuz.”
“They are going along the southern ‘highway,’ which is totally safe, secure, and pristine. There are other areas of travel, also!” he writes on Truth Social, as he tries to sell the MOU that the US and Iran approved yesterday in order to end the war between them and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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