Trump urges S. Korea, others to send ships amid Hormuz closure

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday that “hopefully” South Korea and other countries, affected by Iran’s attempt to close the Strait of Hormuz, will send ships to keep the crucial oil shipping route “open and safe,” amid growing concerns over disruptions to shipping along the waterway. Trump made the remarks in a social media post as his administration has been ramping up pressure on the Islamic Republic to stop the move to block the strait, which is responsible for about a fifth of the world’s oil supplies. “Hopefully China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK, and others, that are affected by this artificial constraint, will send Ships to the area so that the Hormuz Strait will no longer be a threat by a Nation that has been totally decapitated,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. Trump claimed that the U.S. military has already destroyed “100 percent” of Iran’s military capability. “But it’s easy for them to send a drone or two, drop a mine, or deliver a close range missile somewhere along, or in, this Waterway, no matter how badly defeated they are,” Trump said. He went

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