WHAT TO KNOW
- President Donald Trump said Friday he was heading to the White House’s Situation Room to make a “final determination” on the next steps involving Iran and the Strait of Hormuz.
- The meeting on Iran concluded Friday after approximately two hours, according to a White House official, with no formal announcement made.
- U.S. Central Command said as of Friday 115 commercial ships have been redirected as part of a U.S. military blockade on Iranian ports.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Friday with Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar in Washington, D.C. Pakistan has served as a mediator in U.S.-Iran negotiations.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Saturday that the “ironclad” U.S. military blockade of Iranian ports has “put the real pressure on Iran.”
Speaking in Singapore, Hegseth said the blockade, which began on April 13, is “very much still in place.”
"They want to say that they control the strait, but we do, and everything behind the scenes shows that we are in control when it comes to that, including how the dynamics of the negotiation are coming together,” Hegseth said regarding the Strait of Hormuz.
“I mean, this is a high-stakes negotiation. We’ve got the best negotiator in the world leading it. Iran may not want to give up their nuclear ambitions, but we believe at the table they can and will over time, given the right set of incentives,” Hegseth later said. “But the most incentive is the capabilities we have there right now, which they can’t ultimately defend against at any real level, so those are decisions in the future the president will make based on how this ends, but I feel confident that he’ll get to a deal that serves the interests of the American people.”
Source:
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/iran-war-news-trump-update-strait-hormuz-lebanon-oil-prices-may-30
Diem ‘Richard’ Nguyen
Liên Minh Bảo Hiến Mỹ Gốc Việt
Vietnamese American Conservative Alliance (VACA)
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