Pete Hegseth: To Open the Strait of Hormuz, Trump Had to Close It
April 30, 2026
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as posted by the channelPete Hegseth told Congress today that closing the Strait of Hormuz is a genius strategic move. 41% of our Navy is parked there.
*SPECIAL HIGHLIGHT* Pete Hegseth testified before Congress today.
He called blockading the Strait of Hormuz a genius strategic move.
Eighty years of American foreign policy built around keeping the Strait of Hormuz OPEN.
Hegseth and Trump decided, nah, let's keep it closed. GENIUS!
🇺🇸 41% of America's active Navy — all in one waterway
🛳️ Three aircraft carrier groups
💣 Ten guided missile destroyers
🪖 50,000 troops in the Persian Gulf
📉 Tanker traffic: Down to 0.
One coup. One Shah. One torture pipeline.
All so the oil would flow.
Now we're blockading it ourselves.That's the genius.
*In this episode:*
🔘 The 41 percent stat the press buried
🔘 1953: when Iran said the oil belonged to Iran
🔘 The Shah, the SAVAK, the fingernails
🔘 What "projecting power" means in 2026
🔑 Key figures: Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump, Mohammad Mosaddegh, the Shah of Iran, Norman Schwarzkopf Sr.
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📚 Chapters:
⚓ 0:00 — 41% of America's Navy is now in one strait
🛳️ 0:23 — Three carrier groups for one waterway
💣 0:34 — Ten destroyers, two assault ships, one lie
📊 1:00 — The number Pentagon hoped you'd miss
🎤 1:09 — Hegseth: "A tremendous success"
🚫 1:26 — "No one sails without our permission"
🪖 1:44 — 50,000 troops to stop the oil we sell
😡 2:08 — "You get off killing Muslims, Mr. Secretary"
🏛️ 2:16 — 70 years of policy torched in one hearing
💰 2:43 — Trillions spent so this would never happen
🇮🇷 2:59 — 1953: when Iran said the oil was theirs
👑 3:24 — The Shah America installed to keep it ours
🩸 3:47 — Fingernails pulled to keep the pipeline open
⚡ 4:19 — Schwarzkopf's father taught them the wiring
🎯 5:04 — "To project power" means blockading ourselves
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