President Donald Trump announced on social media platform X on August 25 that the United States Navy has removed and detonated all mines within the international waters of the Strait of Hormuz. Trump stated that Iran has been notified that any ship or boat placing new mines will be immediately and systematically destroyed.
Trump emphasized that through the Space Force, the U.S. is monitoring every square inch of the Strait, as well as Pickaxe Mountain and three other nuclear sites that have already been destroyed. He declared a zero-tolerance policy on mine placement, now in full force and effect.
The key quote from the post: "I have just been informed by the United States Navy that all mines have been removed and/or detonated from within the International Waters of the Strait of Hormuz." Trump added that any ship placing new mines would be "immediately and systematically destroyed."