Washington 27 August 2026 #3 lalasor Fri, 08/28/2026 - 21:58 Washington Fri, 08/28/2026 - 12:00 27 August 2026 President Trump asserted that the Strait of Hormuz “is open. The Iranian response is very mild. They don’t want us to back at them. That’s the whole ball game. The rest doesn’t matter”. Relatedly, CENTCOM’s commander stated that “we have successfully cleared sea mines in the strait’s international shipping lanes that were laid months ago by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Internationally recognized transit routes in the strait are free of Iranian sea mines”. “Bottom line, today international shipping lanes are open and momentum is building”, he underscored.