‘China is very happy that I am permanently opening the Strait of Hormuz. I am doing it for them, also – And the World. This situation will never happen again. They have agreed not to send weapons to Iran. President Xi will give me a big, fat, hug when I get there in a few weeks. We are working together smartly, and very well! Doesn’t that beat fighting??? BUT REMEMBER, we are very good at fighting, if we have to – far better than anyone else!!!’
Analysis: This statement exhibits a high degree of grotesqueness and detachment from the complex geopolitical reality of the 2026 Iran conflict. Trump characterizes the Strait of Hormuz—a critical global maritime chokepoint—as something he is ‘permanently opening’ through personal diplomacy with President Xi Jinping. This claim is logically inconsistent with reports from the same day, which confirm that U.S. forces are actively enforcing a naval blockade against vessels entering or departing Iranian ports, including those in the Arabian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. By framing a strategic military blockade as a personal favor to China and a precursor to a ‘big, fat, hug’ from Xi, Trump reduces a high-stakes international security crisis to a transactional, personal narrative. Furthermore, the claim that China has agreed to stop sending weapons to Iran is presented as a settled fact, despite the lack of official verification and the ongoing deployment of thousands of additional U.S. troops to the region to maintain pressure on Tehran. The statement ignores the reality that the blockade remains a primary tool of U.S. policy, rendering the promise of a ‘permanently open’ strait contradictory to the administration’s own military actions.
Source: Truth Social, via Monitor807, 15.04.2026.
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