Trump: Iran has no leaders, media has no credibility, time is on my side

Trump: Iran has no leaders, media has no credibility, time is on my side

by WorldTribune Staff, April 23, 2026 Non-AI Real World News President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. military to “shoot and kill” Iranian small boats that are deploying mines in the Strait of Hormuz. In a social media post Thursday morning, the president said the military is intensifying its mine-clearing efforts in the critical waterway. […]

U.S. military tightens screws on international blockade of Iran

U.S. military tightens screws on international blockade of Iran

by WorldTribune Staff, April 19, 2026 Non-AI Real World News The Iran regime, in its post-Khamenei phase, is apparently still intent on testing the word of U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump last week ordered the U.S. Navy to implement a targeted blockade of all Iranian ports on the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, rather […]

On the record: Democrats warned about mounting Iran crisis for years until Trump acted

On the record: Democrats warned about mounting Iran crisis for years until Trump acted

by WorldTribune Staff, April 19, 2026 Non-AI Real World News What senior Democrats were saying back before the Iran War: “Iran’s nuclear program is galloping forward. It is enriching at higher levels, 20% even 60% in small cases, it’s using more advanced centrifuges. We’re now down, based on published reports, to a few months. If […]

President Trump aims for ‘lasting peace’ between Iran-dominated Lebanon and Israel

President Trump aims for ‘lasting peace’ between Iran-dominated Lebanon and Israel

by WorldTribune Staff, April 16, 2026 Non-AI Real World News President Donald Trump on Thursday announced that Israel and Lebanon agreed to a ceasefire Thursday and said he had invited the leaders of both nations to Washington for the “first meaningful” peace talks between the often-at-war foes in more than 40 years. Weakened by U.S. […]

‘Big, fat hug’: Trump tells world China is ‘very happy’ with U.S. blockade, won’t arm Iran

‘Big, fat hug’: Trump tells world China is ‘very happy’ with U.S. blockade, won’t arm Iran

by WorldTribune Staff, April 15, 2026 Non-AI Real World News How does a Chinese communist dictator cope with the rapid-fire social media output from his top enemy? China, which imports roughly 54% of its crude oil from the Middle East, is “very happy” with the U.S. naval blockade on Iran that has opened the Strait […]

White House hints at restart of talks in Pakistan; Blockade reportedly costing Iran $400 million daily

White House hints at restart of talks in Pakistan; Blockade reportedly costing Iran $400 million daily

by WorldTribune Staff, April 14, 2026 Non-AI Real World News With his naval blockade of Iran’s ports locked in, President Donald Trump said Tuesday that new U.S.-Iran peace talks could take place within days in Pakistan. “You should stay there, really, because something could be happening over the next two days,” Trump told the New […]

Strait of America? CENTCOM plays Trump card, as blockade begins

Strait of America? CENTCOM plays Trump card, as blockade begins

by WorldTribune Staff, April 13, 2026 Non-AI Real World News U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) on Monday began the naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz (Strait of America?) hours after President Donald Trump issued the orders. “The blockade will be enforced impartially against vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas, […]

Trump card: U.S. conducts own blockade; Oil through Hormuz Strait flows East, critical for China

Trump card: U.S. conducts own blockade; Oil through Hormuz Strait flows East, critical for China

by WorldTribune Staff, April 12, 2026 Non-AI Real World News The USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier that led the blockade of Venezuelan oil, is now in the Persian Gulf where it joins the USS Abraham Lincoln and other major American naval assets. President Donald Trump confirmed on Sunday that he is proceeding with a blockade […]

Fog of war: Iran reports lack hard data; Trump proclaims global ‘reset,’ hits regime, ‘influencers’

Fog of war: Iran reports lack hard data; Trump proclaims global ‘reset,’ hits regime, ‘influencers’

by WorldTribune Staff, April 10, 2026 Non-AI Real World News U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Dan Caine told reporters on Wednesday that U.S. forces hit than 13,000 targets during the conflict with Iran. The U.S. and its regional partners also intercepted roughly 1,700 ballistic missiles and attack drones deployed by Iran, Caine said. The data, however, […]

Post Apocalypse: 50 percent tariff for arming Iran; ‘Joint venture’ for Hormuz tolls a ‘beautiful thing’

Post Apocalypse: 50 percent tariff for arming Iran; ‘Joint venture’ for Hormuz tolls a ‘beautiful thing’

by WorldTribune Staff, April 8, 2026 Non-AI Real World News Hours before the April 7 deadline after which he had threatened, “A whole civilization will die tonight,”  President Donald Trump agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran after talks with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who urged Trump to delay any further U.S. military action […]