On 12 April, Donald Trump announced his latest plan to open up the Strait of Hormuz. As he said, if Iran wouldn’t un-block the strait, the US would…
…implement a blockade of its own.
So double-blocking it, essentially.
He planned to unblock it by double blocking it.
This was always a ridiculous plan, and now vice president JD Vance has made things worse:
Does he realize what he just admitted lol https://t.co/MXimzOk08k
— Prem Thakker (@prem_thakker) April 13, 2026
JD Vance announces United States of Terror
As HG reported for the Canary on 12 April:
Iran has blamed the US for the failure of the ceasefire talks in Islamabad, Pakistan. In response, and in true toddler fashion, ‘President’ Trump threatened a naval blockade if “Iran wont bend”.
How many global powers does it take to blockade the same strait?
That isn’t a joke; it’s a serious question we apparently need to ask.
The new move from trump against our country is so comical that we don’t even have a meme for it.
— Iran Embassy in Thailand ☫ (@IranInThailand) April 12, 2026
Why did the ceasefire fail?
Because it was supposed to be a ceasefire across the Middle East, including Lebanon.
Israel ignored this, however, and intensified the attacks on their northern neighbour.
In the clip above, Vance says:
When it comes to weapons of war, what they have done is engage in this act of economic terrorism against the entire world. They basically threaten any ship that’s moving through the Straits of Hormuz.
The US appears to be struggling to understand the consequences of their unprovoked attack on Iran – Iran retaliating via a blockade.
The US and Israel launched an illegal war against them, and now they’re doing what they can to prevent Iran collapsing in on itself like Libya or Syria.
Vance continued:
Well, as the President of the United States showed, two can play at that game. And if the Iranians are going to try to engage in economic terrorism, we’re going to abide by a simple principle that no Iranian ships are getting out either.
If the US can understand this logic, they can understand why Iran closed the strait in the first place.
There’s a simple pathway to ending all this, and it’s to end the hostilities now.
That includes the hostilities carried out by Israel.
What’s going on?
The allegiance between the US and Israel is coming at increasingly greater costs – a staggering amount of money sent the way of the genocidaires, unending support, and a humiliating extended defeat to Iran.
At some point, America needs to tell them no.
According to vice president JD Vance, however, that day is not today.
And we’re all going to suffer as a result.
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By Willem Moore
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