US President Donald Trump/FILEUS President Donald Trump calls on the UK and other nations to join the US in sending ships to help secure the Strait of Hormuz - here's more on the key oil shipping channel. In a post on Truth Social, the US president says despite "Iran's attempted closure" of the passage, "one way or the other, we will soon get the Hormuz Strait OPEN, SAFE, and FREE!" Earlier, Trump said military targets on Iran's key oil island, Kharg, have been "totally obliterated" - our security correspondent writes the move is like going for Iran's economic jugular vein. Trump says US will open Strait of Hormuz 'one way or the other'Donald Trump says that "one way or the other, we will soon get the Hormuz Strait OPEN, SAFE, and FREE!" He adds that many countries will be sending war ships to keep the key shipping channel "open and safe".

Source: The Star March 14, 2026 19:30 UTC