Washington, April 23 -- US President Donald Trump announced that he has directed the US Navy to take immediate action against any Iranian boats which are spotted trying to place mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
"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 waters of the Strait of Hormuz. There is to be no hesitation," he wrote on Truth Social.
Additionally, minesweeping teams have been deployed to clear the strait from all the Iranian mines placed, stating that these efforts would be tripled.
"I am hereby ordering that activity to continue, but at a tripled up level!" he wrote.
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