US says a lot these days. I feel like you could trust Iran more than the US at this point.

I never believed that the strait was mined in the first place

Sounds like the ridiculous sort of thing the Mango Mussolini himself would say while trying to ruin the day of the few reporters with any integrity left in the White House briefing room 🤷🏻

Probably should have thought about that before the invasion.

since we blew up all of their mine-seeking ships along with the rest of their navy, that's not too much of a stretch.