This news report includes updates on the latest action by the Trump administration to try to push Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, including the board of an Iranian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, and promotional posters for an MMA tournament to be held on the lawns of the White House. US President Donald Trump also reassures support for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
LIVE UPDATES: US military boards Iranian oil tanker in Gulf of Oman; Trump says Netanyahu will do whatever he wants; Bizarre UFC posters emergeHello and welcome to our live rolling coverage of the Trump administration and the conflict in the Middle East .
The US military said it has boarded an Iranian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman that was suspected of trying to violate the American blockade. President Donald Trump has also posted promotional posters for "UFC Freedom 250", an MMA tournament to be held on the lawns of the White House. Donald Trump took to Truth Social to post some promotional posters for the event, which will be named "UFC Freedom 250".
The current UFC card that has recently passed was UFC 328, but presumably Trump's "250" card is to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States. US President Donald Trump has said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will "do whatever I want" as the pair look set to resume strikes on Iran. "He's a very- very good man. He'll do whatever I want him to do.
And he's a great guy," he said. The US military said Wednesday that it boarded an Iranian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman that was suspected of trying to violate the American blockade, the latest action by the Trump administration to try to push Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. US Central Command said on social media that the M/T Celestial Sea was searched and redirected after being suspected of trying to head to an Iranian port.
It's at least the fifth commercial vessel to be boarded since the Trump administration imposed the blockade on Iranian shipping in mid-April, several days into a ceasefire, to pressure Tehran into opening the strait and accepting a deal to end the war. Hello and welcome to our live rolling coverage of the Trump administration and the conflict in the Middle East.
The US military said it has boarded an Iranian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman that was suspected of trying to violate the American blockade. President Donald Trump has also posted promotional posters for "UFC Freedom 250", an MMA tournament to be held on the lawns of the White House.
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