Trump issues 'shoot and kill' order in dramatic Hormuz escalation as Pentagon posts chilling video of US troops seizing ship carrying Iranian oil amid unraveling ceasefire

Donald Trump is stepping up his push to cut off Iran from using the Strait of Hormuz by demanding the US Navy 'shoot and kill' any Iranian boat laying mines in the Persian Gulf. Trump wrote on Truth Social on Thursday morning: 'I have ordered the United States Navy to shoot and kill any boat, small boats though they may be (Their naval ships are ALL, 159 of them, at the bottom of the sea!), that is putting mines in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz.' 'There is to be no hesitation. Additionally, our mine “sweepers” are clearing the...