US President Trump: US Navy Has Cleared Mines in the Strait of Hormuz

US President Trump announced on his social platform that the US Navy has successfully cleared mines in the Strait of Hormuz, removing the immediate threat to this critical energy chokepoint. The move aims to restore commercial shipping through the strait and eliminate the risk of supply disruptions that have kept the oil market on edge recently.

According to earlier reports from The Wall Street Journal, the US military had deployed unmanned vessels to assist in mine-clearing operations, seeking to quietly break Iran's stranglehold on the waterway. Reports indicated that Iran had again closed the strait last Saturday and fired on at least two vessels in protest against the US blockade of its ports. Iranian authorities at the time warned that mines were present in the main shipping channel and forced vessels to use a new route closer to its coast.

In his statement, Trump specifically noted that the operation was aimed at "helping" countries such as China, Japan, and France, which rely on the waterway for energy trade. His remarks directly linked the US military action to global public interests, implying that Washington bears the primary cost of maintaining freedom of navigation internationally.

With the mine threat cleared, market concerns over disrupted crude exports from the Middle East are expected to ease. The Strait of Hormuz is the world's most vital oil transit route, handling roughly one-fifth of global seaborne oil trade daily. Recent tensions in the region have been a key driver of the risk premium in international oil prices, and this mine-clearing operation may cool short-term price movements.