“Strait Of Iran Is FULLY OPEN” - Trump DECLARES Iran War Victory As Hormuz Reopens
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🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Markets surge as Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz, but the panel questions what was negotiated behind closed doors. Trump’s “Strait of Iran” comment sparks debate over power plays, global trade control, and whether the U.S. just secured a massive geopolitical win.
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| 0:00.0 | One interesting things going on. |
| 0:02.0 | Look at Trump's tweet here, okay? |
| 0:04.0 | If you want to play this clip, it says Iran has just announced that the straight of Iran |
| 0:09.2 | is fully open and ready for passage. |
| 0:12.4 | Straight of Hormuz, he changed it to straight of Iran. |
| 0:14.7 | Played a clip. |
| 0:15.7 | The screen for a reason. |
| 0:17.3 | The Iranian foreign minister who seems to be, really the guy in charge, really is publicly for Iran, just fired this off in a post on X, and I'm going to read it for you now. |
| 0:29.6 | In line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial vessels through Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire on the coordinated route as already announced by ports and maritime organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran. |
| 0:47.3 | So on that news, this is from the White House 24 minutes ago. |
| 0:50.3 | The stock market is flying through the roof. That opens in 28 minutes. |
| 0:53.3 | The White House just tweeted this 24 minutes ago through the roof. That opens in 28 minutes. So White House just tweeted this 24 |
| 0:55.8 | minutes ago from the president. So that means there's a conversation that just had for this to be |
| 1:01.5 | had. And then Kobashi letters also posted it, Rob. Iran has officially opened it up in line with |
| 1:06.5 | ceasefire in Lebanon. The passage for all commercial vessels through Strait of Hormuz has declared |
| 1:10.4 | completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire on the coordinated route and already announced by ports and maritime organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran. |
| 1:18.6 | Now what this means, you know, economically, the market, Tom, what is the market looking like right now? |
| 1:24.6 | The market's on fire right now, Pat. |
| 1:26.6 | S&P 7123. Oh my God. The S&P is an all-time |
| 1:29.6 | high. NASDAQ is all-time high. VIX is completely low, meaning volatility is very low. |
| 1:34.6 | That was trying to get back to the 50. Yep. We're back, baby. We're so back. That was back. |
| 1:40.0 | 1.1% today. NASDAQ up a point, SMP up at three quarters of a point. Gold is |
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