Trump Declares 'Total Control' of Hormuz, Warns Iran Could 'Get Blown Away'

President Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews that the US has 'total control' of the Strait of Hormuz, calling the naval blockade a 'wall of steel' and saying 'at some point, maybe they'll do something, and then they get blown away.' Trump said US forces had swept the waterway for mines, meaning it is now 'open,' but shipping traffic remained near collapsed levels — just 8 vessels transited on Tuesday versus 130-140/day before the war. Iran rejected the claim: new Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei said the strait will not reopen until the war and naval blockade end, sanctions are lifted, US forces withdraw from the region, Iran receives reparations, and the wars in Lebanon and Gaza end.