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U.S. President Donald J. Trump has told Axios that he's going to keep Iran under a naval blockade until the regime agrees to a deal that addresses U.S. concerns about its nuclear program, rejecting an Iranian proposal to first open the Strait of Hormuz and lift the blockade,… pic.twitter.com/OPlscc2VLf

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) April 29, 2026

U.S. President Donald J. Trump has told Axios that he's going to keep Iran under a naval blockade until the regime agrees to a deal that addresses U.S. concerns about its nuclear program, rejecting an Iranian proposal to first open the Strait of Hormuz and lift the blockade, while postponing potential nuclear talks between Iran and the United States.

“The blockade is somewhat more effective than the bombing. They are choking like a stuffed pig. And it is going to be worse for them. They can't have a nuclear weapon,” Trump told Axios. https://t.co/WFsNob6pm4

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) April 29, 2026

MOULTON: How much has Iran profited from your administration lifting the sanctions?

HEGSETH: Iran is financially devastated right now

MOULTON: They've earned about $14 billion. Does that sound like winning? pic.twitter.com/3UDrFTivBd

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 29, 2026

U.S. President Donald J. Trump spoke with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in a roughly one and a half hour long phone call this morning, according to the Kremlin, with discussions focusing around Iran and the ongoing situation in the Middle East. pic.twitter.com/D2lnelTmFw

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) April 29, 2026

During today’s phone call, Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed President Trump’s decision to extend the ceasefire with Iran, while warning of “extremely harmful consequences” if Israel and the United States resumed strikes against the Islamic Republic, according to the… https://t.co/rYrKzc26xb

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) April 29, 2026

During today’s phone call, Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed President Trump’s decision to extend the ceasefire with Iran, while warning of “extremely harmful consequences” if Israel and the United States resumed strikes against the Islamic Republic, according to the Russian state-run news agency TASS.

Are these things connected? Well, certainly in some way.

And Trump’s idea of negotiating is: “Fuck the world economy! Fuck the U.S. economy!”? Gonna keep this up until we get back to the agreement Obama had? Well, he’s a great man, right?

NEW: Trump has begun talking about how he “is the most powerful person to ever live.”

Our look at how Trump’s view of himself as one of history’s Great Men is shaping the second term of what has now become his YOLO Presidency. https://t.co/axV3InYaGI

— Ashley Parker (@AshleyRParker) April 29, 2026

(It’s an interesting premise, but, in the end, not much of an analysis. Of course Trump thinks he’s one of the seminal figures of history. What else is new?)