Trump 'Not In Hurry' For Reopen Strait Of Hormuz: 'We Have To Give It One Shot'

Last Updated:May 20, 2026, 20:38 IST

Donald Trump says US will try once to reopen Strait of Hormuz, not in a hurry, praises Benjamin Netanyahu as a wartime Prime Minister, cites rising anger and hardship in Iran.

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday emphasised the need to re-open the Strait of Hormuz while pointing out that they are not in a “hurry".

“We have to open the Strait of Hormuz. We are going to give it one shot. We are not in a hurry," Trump said in reply to question on whether of not he’d consider a limited deal with Iran that covered just the Strait of Hormuz.

He also lauded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while calling him “a wartime Prime Minister".

“Don’t forget he’s a wartime Prime Minister, and he’s not treated right in Israel, in my opinion… They have a president over there who treats him very poorly," Trump said.

He said: “There’s a lot of anger now in Iran because people are living so badly. There’s a lot of foment that we haven’t seen before so much — and we’ll see what happens."

“Ideally, I’d like to see few people killed, as opposed to a lot. We could do it either way, but I’d like to see few people killed. I just wonder whether or not they have the good of the people because some of the things they’re doing, to me, means they don’t have the good of the people and they have to have the good of the people. There’s a lot of anger now in Iran because people are living so badly. There’s a lot of foment that we haven’t seen before, so much, and we’ll see what happens."

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