Trump Just Gave Iran a Hard Deadline: Admit the Strait Is Open or It Won’t Be a Great Day for Them

In other words, Iran’s military fired on commercial vessels as a negotiating tactic. And now they want credit for restraint.

This is the Iran deal cycle playing out in real time — ceasefire, violation, negotiation, repeat. Every previous administration fell for it. Trump has already declared the ceasefire dead once. His patience is not unlimited, and his military has already demonstrated it isn’t theoretical.

Saturday is the deadline. The Strait is either open or it isn’t. Iran either admits it or it doesn’t.

And if they don’t — Trump has told them exactly what happens next.