Washington, April 11 -- President Donald Trump launched a fresh broadside against the media on Truth Social, and doubled down on his administration's stance in the Iran war, insisting that Tehran has been decisively weakened and framing US actions in the Strait of Hormuz as both strategic and global in scope.

Furthermore, the US president said that amid the ongoing ceasefire, the US Navy has begun clearing the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian mines, and reopening global shipping.

In a long post on the platform, Trump dismissed all reports suggesting Iran had managed to gain ground in the conflict, lambasting the media and wrote: "The Fake News Media has lost total credibility. they love saying that Iran is 'winning' when, in fact, everyone k...