What to know about the Iran war today:
- President Trump told reporters Monday the U.S. controls the Strait of Hormuz and insisted Iran’s economy is suffering due to the war, which started Feb. 28. Mr. Trump also mirrored Tehran’s demands of compensation for the damage caused by the conflict.
- The price of oil surged 5% on Monday as developments gave markets little confidence the Strait of Hormuz would reopen and allow ships to transit freely anytime soon.Â
- Mr. Trump secretly switched planes for his trip from Turkey at the end of last month’s NATO summit after U.S. intelligence detected a credible plot to fire a missile at Air Force One, CBS News has learned.
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Trump secretly switched to different plane in Turkey amid Iran missile threat
Shortly before Air Force One took off from Turkey at the end of last month’s NATO summit, President Trump secretly slipped away from the presidential jet and was whisked to another plane with the help of an airport catering truck, according to a U.S. official with direct knowledge of the matter
The ruse was employed because the U.S. had learned of a threat from Iran and its allied proxies. U.S. intelligence had detected a credible plot to fire a missile at the plane Mr. Trump was on as he left the Turkish capital of Ankara, CBS News reported exclusively
The president had expressed awareness of the risks posed by the U.S.-Iran war, calling himself Iran’s “number one target” during the NATO summit
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Oil price remains unchanged after surging
Brent crude, the international benchmark for the price of oil, was unchanged at $87.72 a barrel, while U.S. benchmark crude also was flat at $82.13 a barrel, after surging 5% on Monday
The price swung between $72 and $102 last month as hopes rose and fell that the United States and Iran could reach an agreement that would allow oil tankers to freely exit the Middle East again to deliver crude worldwide
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Trump claims U.S. controls the Strait of Hormuz
President Trump told reporters Monday the U.S. controls the Strait of Hormuz, calling the U.S. naval blockade on Iran a “steel wall.”
“The only one that has control of the Strait of Hormuz right now is the United States Navy. We have a blockade that’s been infallible,” Mr. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office
The president said some ships are transiting through the narrow waterway through which around 20% of the world’s oil supply passed before the war began on Feb. 28.Â
Iran has previously mirrored those claims, insisting it controls the waterway and occasionally attacking ships that attempt the crossing. Mr. Trump added that Iran “can make trouble, but they’re broke.”
