BREAKING: Trump Declares 'Blockade Will Remain'
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Jay Sekulow
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🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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BREAKING: Trump Declares 'Blockade Will Remain.'
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| 0:00.0 | Today on Seculo, we have breaking news as President Trump declares the blockade on Iran will remain. |
| 0:09.0 | Keeping you informed and engaged. Now more than ever. This is Seculo. |
| 0:16.0 | We want to hear from you. Share and post your comments. Recall 1-800-684-3-110. And now your host, Logan Secula. |
| 0:29.0 | Logan Secula will be joining us briefly. I'm Will Haynes and Jordan Seculo joining me in studio as well. |
| 0:34.7 | A lot of news on this Friday, as we see that the Iranians have agreed to |
| 0:41.0 | fully open the Strait of Hormuz for commercial vessels. This is a statement from the Iranian |
| 0:49.6 | spokesperson and foreign minister in line with the ceasefire in Lebanon. The passage for all commercial |
| 0:56.2 | vessels through the Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of |
| 1:01.9 | ceasefire on the coordinated route as already announced by ports and maritime organization of the |
| 1:07.8 | Islamic Republic of Iran. President Trump echoing this to a degree. |
| 1:13.7 | The Strait of Hormuz is completely open and ready for business and full passage. |
| 1:19.5 | But, and this is important, the naval blockade will remain in full force and effect as it pertains to |
| 1:26.6 | Iran only until such a time as our transaction |
| 1:30.5 | with Iran is 100% complete. This process should go very quickly in that most of the points are |
| 1:39.2 | already negotiated. Thank you for your attention to this matter, President Donald J. Trump. So, folks, the market is |
| 1:48.2 | reacting wonderfully to this news, as well as the price of oil. Last I checked, down 12% already |
| 1:56.2 | back into the low 80s. We are seeing the reopening of business for the majority of the world, |
| 2:04.1 | but this blockade on Iran, which would have never happened if Iran didn't try and play a game |
| 2:10.3 | of chicken with the president of the United States. And guess who blinked first? |
| 2:15.4 | The Iranians. Jordan, this is a big deal here on this Friday. |
| 2:18.6 | Now, this is a huge deal because it's also impacting those who relied on violating the sanctions |
| 2:25.2 | to try and get cheap Iranian oil and gas. Who are those? One, an adversary, at least economically |
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