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Trump Touts Stranglehold on Iran: 'Praise Be to Allah!'

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President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday the United States has a military and economic stranglehold on Iran and declared, "Praise be to Allah!"

Trump took to Truth Social to liken the United States' blockade on the Strait of Hormuz to "A WALL OF STEEL."

"The U.S.A. has total control over the Strait of Hormuz. I THINK WE WILL KEEP IT! Our Naval Blockade is being called, by everyone, "A WALL OF STEEL," and there is nothing Iran can do about it," he wrote.

"They have no Navy, they have no Air Force, their remaining soldiers are unpaid, the IRGC is decimated and fleeing, and their 'Leadership' is uncertain, at best! They have No Money - Their country is 'shot,'" he said.

"All they have is FAKE NEWS and 300% INFLATION, and getting worse! Iran is all talk and no action, the Bully of the Middle East No Longer," he added.

He capped off the post with "Praise be to Allah!"

"We have total control over the Hormuz Strait right now," he said. "They don't have control. We have total control. We own it. And at some point, maybe they'll do something, and then they get blown away."