Tag: Donald Trump

• Saturday, March 28th 2026 - 01:30 UTC

  Trump demands Iran reopen Strait of Hormuz, slams NATO and warns: “Cuba is next”

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that the military operation against Iran is “two weeks ahead” of schedule, demanded the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and sharply criticized European NATO allies for refusing to join the campaign. “When these times come, you learn who your real friends are,” he told an audience of a thousand investors at the FII Priority forum in Miami.

• Wednesday, March 25th 2026 - 20:22 UTC

  Iran rejects Trump's 15-point proposal and asserts sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz

  

  Iran rejected on Wednesday the 15-point proposal put forward by the Trump administration to end the war, calling its terms “excessive and detached from reality,” while international mediators scramble to arrange a direct meeting between representatives of both countries that could be, they warn, the last chance to prevent a broader escalation.

• Wednesday, March 25th 2026 - 00:12 UTC

  Venezuela sends diplomatic delegation to Washington to formalize restoration of ties with US

  

  Venezuelan acting president Delcy Rodríguez announced on Tuesday that a delegation of Venezuelan diplomats will travel to Washington this week to advance the normalization of bilateral relations with the United States, severed since 2019.

• Tuesday, March 24th 2026 - 23:42 UTC

  US deploys 82nd Airborne troops to the Gulf as Trump claims Iran offered a “gift”

  

  The Pentagon is preparing to deploy soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, even as President Donald Trump insists negotiations with Iran are advancing and that Tehran has offered a “gift” related to gas, oil and the Strait of Hormuz.

• Tuesday, March 24th 2026 - 05:55 UTC

  Analysts warn $200 oil is no longer a far-fetched scenario

  

  Oil prices could surpass $150 per barrel and approach $200 if the Strait of Hormuz blockade persists, according to energy industry analysts — a level that would make a global recession virtually inevitable.

• Tuesday, March 24th 2026 - 01:58 UTC

  Dollar falls and São Paulo stock exchange surges after Trump's truce signal with Iran

  

  Brazilian financial markets posted one of their best sessions of the year on Monday after President Donald Trump announced a five-day postponement of strikes against Iran's energy infrastructure, citing “productive conversations” with Tehran.

• Tuesday, March 24th 2026 - 00:45 UTC

  Trump delays strikes on Iran's energy grid by five days, claims “productive” talks

  

  US President Donald Trump announced on Monday a five-day moratorium on the threatened attacks against Iran's energy infrastructure, hours before the 48-hour ultimatum he issued on Saturday demanding Tehran reopen the Strait of Hormuz was set to expire.

• Monday, March 23rd 2026 - 05:40 UTC

  Republican operative's proposal for US support on Malvinas electrifies Argentine media

  

  A social media post by Republican operative Marc Zell urging the Trump administration to reconsider its position on the Falklands/Malvinas and support Argentina's sovereignty claim triggered a wave of coverage across Argentine media over the past week, despite being based on a false premise and carrying no official backing from Washington.

• Monday, March 23rd 2026 - 02:38 UTC

  Iran threatens to destroy regional energy infrastructure after Trump's Hormuz ultimatum

  

  Iran warned on Sunday that it will treat energy and oil infrastructure across the Middle East as “legitimate targets” if the United States attacks its power plants, responding to President Donald Trump's ultimatum issued late Saturday.

• Saturday, March 21st 2026 - 22:08 UTC

  US bolsters military presence in the Gulf with thousands of Marines and amphibious ships

  

  The United States is deploying roughly 5,000 Marines and half a dozen warships toward the Persian Gulf in the largest force expansion since the war against Iran began on February 28. The buildup comes as American aircraft intensify strikes against Iranian positions along the coastline and islands of the Strait of Hormuz, the maritime chokepoint through which approximately 20% of global oil transits and which Iran has effectively closed since the start of the conflict.