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“[Trump, boarding Marine One, on Iran's seven-day proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz:] I rejected their deal. They want to make a deal where they open the strait immediately because they're losing so badly. … What they wanted is to immediately open the Hormuz Strait. You know why? Because they're dying. … They outsmarted themselves. They said, 'Let's close it and cause a problem for the world.' … [W]e put up the greatest blockade ever in military history.
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