Friday 13/March/2026 – 02:06 PM
US President Donald Trump said that the United States will work to escort ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz if necessary, adding in an interview with Fox News broadcast on Friday that the United States will deliver a very strong strike against Iran during the next week.
When asked about helping oil tankers pass through the strategic strait, Trump said: We will do that if necessary, but as you know, we hope that things will go very well. We will see what happens, and he did not provide any other details.
“We’re going to hit them very hard over the next week,” he added during his interview with Fox’s Brian Kilmeade, which was shown partly on Fox & Friends.
His statements come at a time when the United States and other countries are facing a sharp rise in oil and gas prices, with the American-Israeli war entering its fourteenth day, while the price of a barrel of oil ranged around $100 today, Friday.
