{"id":150041,"date":"2026-04-21T00:40:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T00:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150041"},"modified":"2026-04-21T00:40:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T00:40:33","slug":"trump-iran-and-the-strait-of-hormuz-heres-what-happened-overnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150041","title":{"rendered":"Trump, Iran and the Strait of Hormuz: here\u2019s what happened overnight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAs the clock ticks down to the end of a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran, all eyes are on whether they can return to the negotiating table in Pakistan, while the stand-off in the Strait of Hormuz continues.<br \/>\nThese are the main takeaways from what happened overnight.<br \/>\nWhat did Trump say?<br \/>\nUS President Donald Trump defended his war against Iran in a series of social media posts. He said he would not lift the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz \u201cuntil there is a \u2018DEAL\u2019\u201d.<br \/>\n\u201cI read the Fake News&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3350798\/trump-iran-and-strait-hormuz-heres-what-happened-overnight?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostAs the clock ticks down to the end of a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran, all eyes are on whether they can&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150041"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=150041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150041\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}