GIULIANI HOSPITALIZED -- President Trump blames Radical Left Lunatics (scroll down for details). UPDATE: Giuliani spokesman Ted Goodman says the former mayor has been diagnosed with pneumonia (per The Journal News).
Let's Get This Strait – The US does, according to Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Dan Caine and war/Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a Tuesday morning Pentagon press conference. The US has more than 15,000 service members to guide commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, Caine said.
Caine said about 22,500 mariners are trapped on commercial vessels in the region, The Guardian reports.
On Monday, US Central Command said two American-flagged merchant ships “successfully transited” through the Strait of Hormuz on the first day of President Trump’s vaguely defined Project Freedom, and were “safely headed on their journey” (per Newsweek).
Trump added Monday that US forces sunk six small Iranian ships in the Strait.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps called CENTCOM’s claims “baseless and completely false,” that “no oil tankers have passed through the strait.” Major General Ali Abdoullai told Iran’s semi-official FARS news agency the Strait is “under control” of the Islamic Republic.
Meanwhile … Fox News quoted Trump threatening Iran Monday that the country would be “blown off the face of the Earth” if it attacks US ships.
Asked Tuesday what these actions mean for the US-Iran ceasefire, Hegseth replied; “The ceasefire is not over. This is a separate event.”
Hegseth also responded in the presser to a question about “kamikaze dolphins” being used in the Strait.
“I cannot confirm or deny that we have kamikaze dolphins,” the war/Defense secretary said, “but I can confirm they don’t.”
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The Cost – The average national price of a gallon of unleaded regular hit $4.483 Tuesday, up 2.6 cents over Monday and up $1.801 over February 27th. Diesel averages $5.659 per gallon, up 1.8 cents over Monday and up $1.895 since the war began. –TL
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Trump’s ‘Project Freedom’ – Latest move in the war President Trump says has ended is a US initiative to guide commercial ships out of the Strait of Hormuz, The Wall Street Journal reports Monday.
“Countries from all over the world,” Trump Truth Socialed early Monday, “have asked the United States if we could help free up their Ships, which are locked up in the Strait of Hormuz. For the good of Iran, the Middle East and the United States, we have told these Countries that we will guide their Ships safely out of these restricted Waterways so that they can freely and ably get on with their business.”
But wait … Iran says Project Freedom violates its ceasefire, now running three weeks and counting, with the US and claims to have struck a US Navy vessel, which the US military has subsequently denied.
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Cost, So Far – Project Freedom or no, gas prices rose 6.5 cents per gallon of regular unleaded Monday, from Friday, to a nationwide average of $4.457, the AAA reports. That’s up $1.775 per gallon since February 27. Diesel was up 6.9 cents from Friday to $5.641, which is $1.877 higher than the average when the war began. [This item has been corrected to indicate the Monday-over-Friday price differences. --Ed.]
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Get Well, Rudy – You’ve heard by now that Rudy Giuliani, mayor of New York City from 1994-2001 and fervent warrior for overturning results of the 2020 presidential election in favor of Donald J. Trump, has been hospitalized in Florida, in critical condition.
On Monday, President Trump Truth Socialed his prayers for the former “nation’s mayor,” per Mediaite …
“Our fabulous Rudy Giuliani, a True Warrior, and the Best Mayor in the History of New York City, BY FAR, has been hospitalized, and is in critical condition. What a tragedy that he was treated so badly by the Radical Left Lunatics, Democrats ALL – AND HE WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING! They cheated on the Elections, fabricated hundreds of stories, did anything possible to destroy our Nation, and now, look at Rudy. So sad!” –Compiled and edited by Todd Lassa