They can make trouble, they can do things that are not nice, but we control it.

We're going to let everyone get through, except if you're doing business with Iran.

The U.S. would reimpose a blockade on Iranian shipping.

We’re taking over the Strait.

He probably had nothing to say because he was such a stupid person.

They became much more powerful because of Obama.

The Hormuz Strait is OPEN, and will remain OPEN, with or without Iran.

I'm proud to be the president for the workers, not the outsourcers—the president who stands up for Main Street, not Wall Street.

The U.S. will be known as "THE GUARDIAN OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT," he wrote.

They were giving up everything, and then all of a sudden two hours after that they hit a ship with a drone. These people, there is something wrong with them.

We're going to keep the strait, and we'll probably run it. We'll become the guardian of the strait.

They always break it. We've had 10 deals with these people, and so we're just going to hit them very hard.