{"id":2584103,"date":"2026-03-26T13:43:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-iran-let-eight-oil-tankers-through-strait-of-hormuz\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T13:46:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:46:02","slug":"trump-says-iran-let-eight-oil-tankers-through-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-iran-let-eight-oil-tankers-through-strait-of-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Iran let eight oil tankers through Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-iran-let-eight-oil-tankers-through-strait-of-hormuz%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2584103&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Washington Examiner reports that President Donald Trump claimed Iran allowed eight oil tankers to pass through the Strait of hormuz, presenting it as a sign that Tehran is serious about negotiating with the United States. He spoke during a White House Cabinet meeting amid fragile talks, saying Iranian negotiators indicated they would permit the shipments to show they are \u201creal and solid,\u201d despite Iranian officials publicly denying that negotiations were taking place. Trump suggested tough options, including possibly using Iran\u2019s oil as leverage if negotiations fail, and noted that the outcome of the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >talks remains uncertain<\/a>. treasury Secretary scott Bessent and Secretary of State Marco Rubio framed the discussion around keeping the global oil supply steady and countering Iran\u2019s threat,respectively. The article also notes that Iran has reduced missile strikes but that more of its actions are penetrating defenses,while public opinion about the war remains divided and Trump\u2019s approval ratings have dipped; a video of the cabinet meeting is included.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump says Iran let eight oil tankers through Strait of Hormuz<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2541167\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> revealed during a meeting of his Cabinet on Thursday that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a> allowed eight oil tankers through the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/strait-of-hormuz\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"21488\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a>, an allowance from the Middle Eastern country that comes during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-aims-to-shut-down-ammunition-sales-while-dems-claim-to-engage-in-good-faith-gun-talks\/\" title=\"... Aims To Shut Down Ammunition Sales While Dems Claim To Engage In Good Faith Gun Talks\">fragile negotiations<\/a> with U.S. officials.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said Iranian negotiators told the United States that they would allow the oil tankers through to show they are &ldquo;real and solid,&rdquo; despite public posturing from Iranian officials that no negotiations are taking place.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4504753\/trump-never-wants-national-guard-leave-washington-dc\/\">Trump said he &#8216;never&#8217; wants to take National Guard out of DC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4504774\/trump-defends-voting-by-mail-florida-special-election\/\">Trump defends voting by mail in Florida special election: &#8216;I was away&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4504571\/markwayne-mullin-first-cabinet-meeting-trump-dhs-shutdown\/\">Markwayne Mullin quietly debuts at first Cabinet meeting as DHS deal stalls<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Well, I guess they were right, and they were, they were real, and I think they were Pakistani-flagged,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;And I said, &lsquo;Well, I guess we&rsquo;re dealing with the right people.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>During his remarks, Trump said it &ldquo;won&rsquo;t be long&rdquo; before the Iran war concludes but admitted he was not sure the current negotiations between Washington and Tehran would lead to that peace.<\/p>\n<p>The president talked at length about the U.S.-Israel operation against Iran during a televised Cabinet meeting at the White House. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/asian-students-excel-because-of-hard-work-not-rich-parents\/\" title=\"Asian Students Excel Because Of Hard Work, Not Rich Parents\">president pushed back<\/a> on media reports that he was eager to make a deal with Iran.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They are begging to make a deal, not me,&rdquo; Trump said, arguing that claims from Tehran that there were no ongoing negotiations were inaccurate.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They said yesterday that we weren&rsquo;t negotiating with them, and now they admit that we were negotiating with them. So they want to make a deal,&rdquo; the president said. &ldquo;The reason they want to make a deal is they have been just beat to s***.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Still, Trump expressed some doubt that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-dept-holds-iran-talks-in-vienna-to-restore-failed-2015-deal\/\" title=\"State Dept. holds Iran talks in Vienna to restore failed 2015 deal\">current talks<\/a> would yield a peace deal.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know if we&rsquo;ll be able to do that. I don&rsquo;t know if we&rsquo;re willing to do that. They should have done that four weeks ago.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Thursday&rsquo;s Cabinet meeting was the 11th of Trump&rsquo;s second term in office. It was also the first since the war launched on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n<p>Trump paused his plans to strike Iran&rsquo;s energy infrastructure over the weekend, opting instead to open a five-day negotiating window in hopes of brokering a peace with Tehran. However, Iranian officials have reportedly rejected the 15-point plan submitted by the U.S. and are instead reportedly pressuring the U.S. to halt all hostilities and evacuate its bases in the Gulf before the two sides move toward face-to-face talks.<\/p>\n<p>Trump specifically referenced the U.S. demand for Iran to give up its nuclear capabilities and facilities, saying the Middle Eastern country has a chance to &ldquo;chart a new path forward.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll see if they want to do it, Trump said. &ldquo;If they don&rsquo;t, we&rsquo;re their worst nightmare. In the meantime, we&rsquo;ll just keep blowing them away unimpeded, unstopped.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When asked by reporters if he would be open to taking Iran&rsquo;s oil, similar to how the U.S. took possession of Venezuela oil tankers, Trump said, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s an option.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I mean, I wouldn&rsquo;t talk about it, but it&rsquo;s an option,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent assured Trump earlier in the meeting that the U.S. oil market is &ldquo;well supplied&rdquo; and that the administration has taken action to ensure oil supplies &ldquo;stranded at sea&rdquo; are available to the global market.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mr. President, we are starting to see more and more movement in and out of the Gulf today, and this is more than yesterday, and this is the beginning,&rdquo; Bessent said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m confident that shipping traffic will continue to increase on a daily basis even before we secure the straits.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in turn, focused more on the threat that Iran posed to other nations.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Frankly, I think countries around the world, even those that are out there complaining about this a little bit, should actually be grateful that the United States has a president that&rsquo;s willing to confront a threat like this and not allow it to continue to persist because these people will kill as many Americans as they have a chance to do,&rdquo; Rubio told reporters. &ldquo;And if they have a nuclear weapon, as the vice president pointed out, they could kill millions of Americans in the future, and that is a risk that was not going to continue to exist as long as we had this president.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Though the Trump administration has had overwhelming success in degrading Iran&rsquo;s military, resulting in significantly fewer strikes Tehran is launching against American and allied targets, multiple analyses suggest that Iran&rsquo;s decreased missile strike frequency is actually resulting in a higher rate of strikes breaking through allied air defenses and successfully striking targets.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, even as public sentiment on the war itself remains relatively constant, Trump&rsquo;s own polling has cratered to career lows.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4503543\/white-house-projects-optimism-hours-after-iran-rejects-us-peace-plan\/\"><strong>WHITE HOUSE PROJECTS OPTIMISM HOURS AFTER IRAN REJECTS US PEACE PLAN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A poll published Wednesday by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fox-news-poll-voters-oppose-action-iran-give-u-s-military-positive-marks\">Fox News<\/a> found 42% supporting the war, with 58% opposed, divided largely along party lines, but just 41% of voters give Trump himself positive marks, a low point for his second term, according to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/approval\/donald-trump\/approval-rating\"><em>RealClearPolitics<\/em><\/a>  average on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday&rsquo;s Cabinet meeting can be seen in full below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"Sse9HAmQtD0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Trump Participates in a Cabinet Meeting, Mar. 26, 2026\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sse9HAmQtD0?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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