Neither is the Pentagon. On Monday, a few commercial vessels were able to get through the Strait. On Tuesday, that number dropped to zero. That isn't progress. In fact, that is the opposite of progress. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran is the greatest threat to the global economy that I have seen in my entire lifetime. If it is not reopened soon, it will be an unprecedented catastrophe for the entire world.

Somewhere around 2,000 commercial vessels are currently trapped in the Persian Gulf. The sailors on those commercial vessels are running out of food and fresh water. Sadly, 10 sailors have already died. The Trump administration would love to get those commercial vessels out of the Persian Gulf, but the Iranians are not cooperating. Instead, the Iranians are telling us that the strikes that they have conducted already this week are just the beginning.

But despite all of the military action that we have witnessed over the past couple of days, the Pentagon is insisting that the ceasefire is "not over"…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asserted at a Pentagon briefing Tuesday that the ceasefire was "not over" despite the clashes in the strait.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine said that since the ceasefire was announced, Iran had attacked U.S. forces more than 10 times, but he said they were still "below the threshold of restarting major combat operations."

The U.S. military said that on Monday Iran's forces attacked U.S. Navy and commercial ships with cruise missiles, and launched drones and small boats at the vessels under U.S. escort, but that no American ships were struck. Trump said the U.S. destroyed eight Iranian boats.

Come on man.

Iran has attacked us more than 10 times and we have destroyed 8 of their fast attack boats.

Anyone that suggests that the ceasefire is holding is either engaged in wishful thinking or is gaslighting us on an epic scale.

In addition to attacking U.S. forces, the Iranians launched missiles and drones at the UAE once again on Tuesday…

United Arab Emirates air defenses are actively engaging Iranian missiles and drones, the UAE Defense Ministry said on Tuesday in an X/Twitter post.

The post noted that the incident involved several areas of the country and involved both ballistic and cruise missiles.