2Photo© thehindu.comIn Major Shakeup, Trump Fires Navy Secretary Amid Strait of Hormuz Blockade
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Trump orders Navy to shoot/kill boats laying mines in Strait of Hormuz. US Navy intensifying mine clearance operations in the strait.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he had directed the US Navy to "shoot and kill" any boat attempting to put mines in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz, signalling a sharp escalation in tensions with Iran.
Posting on Truth Social, Trump said there should be “no hesitation” in enforcing the order, while also instructing US minesweepers to intensify clearance operations in the strait.
“ I have ordered the United States Navy to shoot and kill any boat, small boats though they may be (Their naval ships are ALL, 159 of them, at the bottom of the sea!), that is putting mines in the…
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