Iran Escalates Hormuz Crisis With Secret Ship Seizures

Trump just issued shoot-and-kill orders for Iranian boats allegedly laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz—where 20% of the world's oil passes through—but there's zero photographic proof mines are actually being deployed. The U.S. claims no ship has evaded its blockade while intelligence reports show eleven Iranian tankers slipping through since April 13th, because choking off that much oil would crash the global economy. We're watching two simultaneous naval blockades strangling the same chokepoint, both sides seizing ships and claiming the other violated a ceasefire whose terms nobody will actually specify.