Please Read Part 258:
Not Since JFK, Has a President Spit Into the Face of the Globalists, Until Now! (Part 258)-Posted on Patriot Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On August 17, 2026:
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Trump Doubles Down on Declaring Strait of Hormuz U.S. Territory as Iran Threatens to Break U.S. Blockade!-Posted on Breitbart.com-By Joshua Klein-On August 17, 2026:
President Donald Trump doubled down Monday on declaring the Strait of Hormuz U.S. territory, asserting that Washington has “total control” of the strategic waterway as Tehran threatened a military attack to break the U.S. naval blockade and declared a shift toward a more offensive posture.
“I just think it’s a great idea,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked to elaborate on his suggestion last week that the strait could be declared U.S. territory.
Trump repeatedly pointed to the blockade as the basis for American control.
“We control it. We control it with the blockade,” he said. “And I like the idea of declaring it a territory. We could do that. We have total control over the strait.”
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Trump said Iran could still prove a “nuisance” by placing mines in the water, but described the blockade as “very effective” and touted the amount of oil now moving through the waterway.
“We’re taking out millions of barrels of oil a week,” Trump said, adding that the strait was open and oil prices would continue falling “unless we decide to do something far more drastic than we’re doing.”
He then pointed to the pressure facing Tehran.
“Iran is in big trouble,” Trump said. “They have 300% inflation. The country’s a mess, and their military is totally defeated.”
Trump’s remarks came as the 60-day negotiating period envisioned under the June U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding expired Monday, long after the fragile arrangement had largely unraveled amid renewed Iranian attacks on commercial vessels and subsequent U.S. strikes.
Trump said Washington is not seeking to extend the memorandum and expressed little confidence that Tehran would accept terms he considers sufficient to end the confrontation.
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“They want to make a deal, but they’re not going to make the kind of a deal that I feel is necessary,” Trump said.
He made clear that preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon remains his bottom line.
“Look, we’re in there for one reason. Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said. “You understand that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, and they won’t have a nuclear weapon.”
Trump reinforced the point earlier Monday on Truth Social, writing that the “number one Goal is, and always will be, that Iran cannot have, in any way, shape, or form, a Nuclear Weapon.”
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Tehran, meanwhile, sought to impose a new timetable of its own, with a senior Iranian official telling Reuters that Washington has only “a few weeks” to fully implement Iran’s interpretation of the June memorandum before further negotiations can take place.
If diplomacy fails, the official threatened, Iran would carry out a “timely and precise” military attack aimed at breaking the U.S. naval blockade.
“Iranian entities must be prepared to escalate tensions in the Strait of Hormuz and wider region,” the official told the outlet, saying Tehran was moving from what it describes as a defensive posture toward a more offensive strategy.
The official also accused Washington of having no genuine interest in a ceasefire, claiming that reliance on mediators to secure a lasting settlement was no longer realistic.
That threat comes amid growing evidence that Iran’s hard-line leadership has been preparing for a broader confrontation even while its diplomats pursued negotiations.
The Wall Street Journal reported Monday, citing intercepted communications and other intelligence gathered by Arab governments, that Tehran used the period following the June memorandum to prepare for a potentially larger and longer conflict.
According to the report, Iran has moved to further consolidate command over its military establishment, accelerate missile and drone production, expand domestic counterintelligence and surveillance operations, and deepen coordination with Iranian-backed proxies and militias in Yemen, Iraq, and Lebanon.
The public rhetoric has increasingly mirrored those reported preparations.
IRGC political deputy Brig. Gen. Yadollah Javani said Iran’s armed forces would adopt a “transformative” approach under the country’s recently reshuffled military leadership and warned that operations Tehran characterizes as defensive could increasingly take an offensive form.
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“Perhaps they should expect strategic surprises,” Javani said.
The IRGC separately declared Monday that its forces would “decisively crush any threat or aggression” under what it called a strategy of “maximum deterrence and powerful offensive operations.”
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The threats come as the U.S. military continues enforcing what Central Command has described as its “steel wall blockade” against Iran.
CENTCOM said Monday that American forces have redirected 64 commercial vessels, disabled three, and boarded two to enforce compliance with the blockade.
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Trump had earlier called on Tehran to surrender during a phone interview with Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst.
“They should put up the white flag of surrender,” Trump said.
At the same time, the president indicated he was prepared to let the economic and military pressure continue rather than impose another deadline.
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“I have no time schedule. I’m not in a hurry,” Trump said, rejecting suggestions that the November midterm elections were driving his approach.
Describing Iran’s negotiating posture, Trump added: “They’re good poker players, but they’re dying.”
Trump also confirmed to Yingst that U.S. officials have a direct backchannel with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a claim the IRGC publicly denied hours later.
“There are no talks taking place between IRGC officials and the Americans,” IRGC spokesman Brig. Gen. Hossein Mohebbi said, accusing Trump of making a “lie” born of what he characterized as American “defeat and desperation.”
“The IRGC is the arm and voice of the power of the Iranian nation and the Islamic Republic, and it speaks its word on the battlefield,” Mohebbi added.
A separate diplomatic fight has emerged over Oman’s parallel negotiations with Tehran on future shipping arrangements through Hormuz.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Monday that Tehran and Muscat had reached an understanding on the map of a maritime transit route through the strait, while acknowledging that a broader agreement and joint statement had not yet been finalized.
Baghaei said the talks were continuing “in earnest” toward a mechanism Tehran says would protect the sovereign rights of Iran and Oman while allowing commercial traffic.
Trump issued an extraordinary warning when Yingst asked him about those negotiations.
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“If Oman gets in the way, we’ll bomb the shit out of them,” Trump said.
Asked later in the Oval Office whether he had run out of patience with the longtime U.S. partner, Trump said no, but sharply criticized Muscat’s conduct.
“I don’t think they behaved very well, but we’d handle them very easily, just like we do other things,” Trump said.
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The dispute over Hormuz has been at the heart of the collapse of the June memorandum. Tehran has asserted that the agreement gave it authority to manage shipping through the strategic waterway and subsequently attacked vessels it accused of using unauthorized routes, while Washington has rejected Iran’s interpretation and demanded unrestricted, toll-free commercial passage.
Baghaei argued Monday that the memorandum’s 60-day negotiating period had become “entirely moot,” claiming that U.S. violations prevented substantive nuclear and sanctions talks from ever beginning.
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Washington, meanwhile, has continued tightening economic pressure while maintaining the blockade, putting additional strain on an Iranian economy already battered by war, sanctions, inflation, and severe shortages.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian acknowledged the economic pressure last week, saying Tehran had lost access to a vital source of revenue.
“We could sell oil, and now we can’t,” Pezeshkian said.
Trump has argued that the pressure leaves Washington with time on its side, while dismissing concerns that continued fighting could exhaust American weapons inventories.
“What we’ve used so far is peanuts,” Trump told Fox News on Monday, adding that the United States still has “a lot of mid-level weapons.”
Iran’s military leadership, however, is signaling that it intends to respond to that pressure not by backing down, but by preparing for a potentially broader confrontation.
The General Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces vowed over the weekend to continue fighting until what it called the “complete defeat” of the United States and Israel and until its enemies are forced to “surrender.”
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, one of Tehran’s principal negotiators with Washington, separately claimed that Iran had already prevailed militarily and politically because the United States and Israel had failed to achieve their stated objectives.
“I say with complete conviction that we won this war, both militarily and politically,” Ghalibaf said.
The declarations underscore the widening gap between the two sides as the June framework expires: Trump is claiming “total control” of Hormuz and demanding Iran surrender, while Tehran is threatening to attack the blockade and preparing its forces for what it now openly describes as a more offensive phase of the conflict.
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Video: Israel Daily News - August 18, 2026 | Trump Declares Hormuz U.S. Territory!-Posted on YouTube.com-By ILTV Israel News-On August 18, 2026:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD1vHWEG0ZI
Iran denies rumors of back-channel peace talks with U.S. as 60-day ceasefire period lapses!-Posted on The Washington times-By Vaughn Cockayne and Tom Howell Jr., The Washington Times-On August 17, 2026:
The ‘cease-fire’ with Iran has expired, so what’s next? The Iranian regime remains defiant, full of bravado!-Posted on The Washington Times-By Kelly Sadler, The Washington Times-On August 17, 2026:
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/aug/17/cease-fire-iran-expired-whats-next/
Iranian official: Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until U.S. meets terms of defunct memorandum!-Posted on The Washington Times-By Vaughn Cockayne, The Washington Times-On August 18, 2026:
Video: Iranian parliament speaker DEFIANT on Strait of Hormuz!-Posted on YouTube.com-By Fox News-On August 18, 2026:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga4CYQ_7lKU
Video: BETTER BE CAREFUL’: Trump issues PROFANE warning to Iran neighbor!-Posted on YouTube.com-By Fox News-On August 18, 2026:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mmmVud9IzM
Trump says U.S. won’t talk to Iran, will rely on economic pressure, blockade!-Posted on The Washington Times-On August 18, 2026:
Video: JUST IN: Trump issues NEW WARNING to Oman!-Posted on YouTube.com-By Fox News-On August 18, 2026:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0BFOQoziEE
Video: On The Hour – August 18, 2026 | Trump Threatens New Action Against Iran as 60-Day Truce Ends!-Posted on YouTube.com-By ILTV Israel News-On August 18, 2026:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56PQboI3uQ4
Video: The ONE Thing Missing From U.S. Strategy on Iran!-Posted on YouTube.com-By Brian Kilmeade-On August 18, 2026:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ_mBYYLS4E
Video: ILTV INSIDER | SHOULD ISRAEL FEAR TURKEY & PAKISTAN?-Posted on YouTube.com-By ILTV Israel News-On August 18, 2026:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxByGi5GOE4
Video: Iran’s Leaders Are Terrified of Another Uprising!-Posted on YouTube.com-By The President's Daily Brief-On August 18, 2026:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OjnUQByQt8
Video: PBD “Iran Can’t Be Negotiated With, America Has Only One Option!”-Posted on YouTube.com-By J-TV: The Global Jewish Channel-On August 18, 2026:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ5js2J6R2g
Video: Why We NEED to Beat Iran to the Punch | Brian Kilmeade Show!-Posted on YouTube.com-By Brian Kilmeade-On August 18, 2026:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4KGFdalSy0&t=17s
Video: US-Iran conflict is moving towards an 'END GAME,' retired U.S. Marine colonel predicts!-Posted on YouTube.com-By Fox News-On August 18, 2026:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9QfBUlwfdU
Kudos to the USS Lincoln. “I was blown away by this strong group of high-achieving Americans standing tall with justified pride in everything they have accomplished!”-Posted on The Patriot Post-By Michael Swartz-On August 18, 2026:
https://patriotpost.us/articles/129999-kudos-to-the-uss-lincoln-2026-08-18
Navy destroyer stuck in South China Sea for 4 days without power. American cruiser with carrier strike group aided stricken warship!-Posted on The Washington Times-By Bill Gertz, The Washington Times-On August 17, 2026:
Why Did Trump Snub South Korea? The commander-in-chief reduced military exercises with our allies in South Korea to avoid upsetting the communists in North Korea!-Posted on The Patriot Post-By Thomas Gallatin-On August 18, 2026:
https://patriotpost.us/articles/130001-why-did-trump-snub-south-korea-2026-08-18
South Korea sees possibility of U.S.-North Korea talks after Trump downsizes military drills!-Posted on The Washington Times-By Hyung-jin Kim, Associated Press-On August 17, 2026:
Catholic League warns Massachusetts legislation would give preferential treatment to Muslims!-Posted on The Washington Times-By Kerry Picket, The Washington Times-On August 17, 2026:
Mexican cartel in Europe sought mortars, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades!-Posted on The Washington Times-By Joseph Hammond, Special to The Washington Times-On August 17, 2026:
Video: DOJ Opens Path to Restore Federal Gun Rights for 30 Million Americans. Applicants must demonstrate to the attorney general that they are unlikely to pose a danger to public safety!-Posted on NTD-By Tom Gantert-On August 17, 2026:
Video: Texas Hero that Stopped Mass Shooting Warns Americans to Own Guns!-Posted on Rumble.com-By The New American-On August 17, 2026:
https://rumble.com/v7eb4o2-texas-hero-that-stopped-mass-shooting-warns-americans-to-own-guns.html
Abdul El-Sayed's Mother Worked for Designated Terror Group That Supported Hamas, Osama Bin Laden!-Posted on Townhall-By Amy Curtis-On August 18, 2026:
https://townhall.com/news/amy-curtis/2026/08/18/abdul-el-sayeds-mother-n2681457
Dems: We’re All Socialists Now. A stunning new poll shows just how fond Democrats are of socialism — and just how ignorant they are of history!-Posted on The Patriot Post-By Douglas Andrews-On August 18, 2026:
https://patriotpost.us/articles/130002-dems-we-re-all-socialists-now-2026-08-18
Trump Derangement Syndrome infecting U.S. Senate races. Voters must remember: Senate Democrats always vote as a monolith!-Posted on The Washington Times-By David N. Bossie-On August 17, 2026:
Democrat Fundraising Tool ActBlue Exposed in $150,000 “Mistake!”-Posted on PJ Newsletter-By Cole Harrison-On August 18, 2026:
https://pjnewsletter.com/actblue-dems-money/
House Speaker Mike Johnson ‘absolutely convinced’ GOP will grow its majority!-Posted on The Washington Times-By Lindsey McPherson, The Washington Times-On August 17, 2026:
China's Ongoing Threat to Our Elections. Americans Are Entitled to the Full Record!-Posted on peternavarro.substack.com-By Peter Navarro-On August 18, 2026:
https://peternavarro.substack.com/p/chinas-ongoing-threat-to-our-elections
https://newswithviews.com/security-threat-ccp-official-buys-a-dc-building-650-from-the-white-house/
Video: Ep 3973b - Trump Caught Them All, He Wasn’t Kidding, He Has The Proof, Think EO 13848!-Posted on Rumble.com-By X22 Report-On August 18, 2026:
Note: What follows is a flier announcing a POW-MIA Missing Man Tribute, which is a fundraising event, honoring our Prisoners of War (POWs), those still Missing (MIAs) and their families. This event is being sponsored by Chris Zafra, a Veteran’s Employment Representative (L.V.E.R) with the NM Employment Security Division and will be conducted by retired Army LTCOL Mike Tachias and members of the Cabezon Wounded Warrior Haven (CWWH), on September 16, 2026, at the Casa Rowena Winery located in Los Ranchos De Albuquerque, NM. The CWWH is non-profit organization that was organized and established by LTCOL Tachias and his wife Rowena as a means of assisting our NM wounded warriors in need.
If you and your loved ones reside in NM or happen to be in the area during the conduct of this awesome event, please consider making plans to attend this worthwhile and extremely patriotic event that will ultimately assist LTCOL Tachias in raising funds used year-round to help our NM wounded warriors in need-You Decide:
Note: I believe that the extremely disturbing information revealed on the above recent articles and videos relates to and/or further supports the disturbing information contained on my following blog from the recent past, which revealed that the Democrats are allegedly using the same intelligence tools that were previously used to destabilize other countries around the world to destabilize America from within-You Decide:
Not Since JFK, Has a President Spit Into the Face of the Globalists, Until Now! (Part 19)-Posted on Patriot Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On November 16, 2024:
Note: I believe that the extremely disturbing information revealed on the above recent thought-provoking articles and videos, along with my blog from the recent past, relates to and/or further supports the disturbing information revealed on my following blogs from the recent past-You Decide:
Letter to our NM U.S. Representative Michelle Lujan-Grisham (re: Shadow Party’s alleged agenda to take down America)!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On February 13, 2015:
Follow-up Letter to NM Governor Michelle Lujan Gresham (Re: Taking down of America from within!)-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On October 30, 2020:
Follow-up Letter to NM U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (Re: Taking down of America from within!)-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On October 30, 2020:
Obama: Submit to Globalism or Face War, Death, Destruction!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On November 16, 2016:
http://teapartyorg.ning.com/forum/topics/obama-submit-to-globalism-or-face-war-death-destruction
“Global Governance”: Communists, Globalists All In on World Government!-Posted on The New American-By William F. Jasper-On November 20, 2025:
Please Read Part 260:
Not Since JFK, Has a President Spit Into the Face of the Globalists, Until Now! (Part 260)-Posted on Patriot Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On August 19, 2026:
Note: I believe that the extremely disturbing information revealed on the above thought-provoking articles and videos, along with my blogs from the recent past relates to and/or further supports my following blogs from the recent past-You Decide:
New Evidence in The JFK Assassination!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On March 20, 2014:
http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/new-evidence-in-the-jfk-assassination
9/11 TRUTH SEEKERS: THE ‘LUNATIC FRINGE’ IS WHOM? (Part 2)-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On September 24, 2014:
http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/9-11-truth-seekers-the-lunatic-fringe-is-whom-part-2
Is America being turned into a NARCO Nation by design?-Posted on Patriot Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On January 4, 2014:
http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/is-america-being-turned-into-a-narco-nation-by-design
What we haven’t been told about the President’s background!-Posted on WordPress.com-By weroinnm-On May 3, 2010:
Obama is the Manifestation of a Multi-Generational Soviet Plot to Destroy America! (Part 1)-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On April 2, 2014:
Are We Witnessing Conversational Hypnosis at Work?-Posted on WordPress.com-By weroinnm-On June 17, 2011:
https://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/are-we-witnessing-conversational-hypnosis-at-work/
An Open Letter To Communist Valerie Jarrett!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On August 25, 2012:
http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/an-open-letter-to-communist-valerie-jarrett
When A U.S. President IS Muslim Brotherhood!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On August 17, 2014:
https://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/when-a-u-s-president-is-muslim-brotherhood
Letter to our NM U.S. Representative Michelle Lujan-Grisham (re: Articles of Impeachment and Impeachment Proceedings)!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On August 12, 2014:
Is Obama Employing the Cloward-Piven Strategy?-Posted on WordPress.com-By weroinnm-On July 1, 2010:
https://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/is-obama-employing-the-cloward-piven-strategy/
Investigators Find That Obama's Online Birth Certificate Presented To The American Public Is 'Fake'!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On December 15, 2016:
The Greatest Fraud Perpetrated in American History!-Posted on WordPress.com-By weroinnm-On June 20, 2011:
https://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2011/06/20/the-greatest-fraud-perpetrated-in-american-history/
Letters to Our Local FBI Office, My NM U.S. Representatives, NM Governor and NM Secretary of State Requesting Barack Obama’s Eligibility Status!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On April 5, 2015:
Vote Fraud – What They Aren’t Telling You!-Posted on Patriot Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On November 7, 2012:
https://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/vote-fraud-what-they-aren-t-telling-you-part-1-of-3
Letter to NM Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (Re: NM Soros-Backed Secretary of State allegedly used illegal software to combine election results thereby breaking several state and local laws!)-Posted on Patriot Command Center-By Jake Martinez-March 11, 2023:
Why Has George Soros Enjoyed a Free Hand in his Subversive Attempts to Redesign America?-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On November 18, 2016:
http://teapartyorg.ning.com/forum/topics/why-has-george-soros-enjoyed-a-free-hand-in-his-subversiveSuggestion and/or Idea Recently Submitted to The Trump Team (Re: George Soros' Anti-American Agendas)!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On November 30, 2016:
New Report Exposes Rockefeller Dynasty's Role in 'Climate Scam'!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On January 5, 2017:
UN Kangaroo Court Implodes Amid Threat to Prosecute U.S. Troops!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On November 18, 2016:
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http://teapartyorg.ning.com/profiles/blogs/brainwashing-in-america-why-few-dare-call-it-conspiracy
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The MSM conglomerates are the most prolific and insidious "fake news" propagators in the marketplace of ideas!-Posted on Tea Party Command Center-By Jake Martinez-On November 30, 2016:
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Where is America Today?-Posted on WordPress.com-On May 26, 2010:
http://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/where-is-america-today-2/
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https://weroinnm.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/disclaimer/
Note: The following videos wholeheartedly share my sentiments regarding what we are currently experiencing in America today-You Decide:
A Republic, If You Can Keep It!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGL8CiUtXF0The Fightin Side of Me!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBAzLCA3DQcWhen Injustice Becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty!
“Food For Thought”
God Bless-Take care & stay healthy/safe. Please keep our troops in your thoughts & prayers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q65KZIqay4E&list=RDQ65KZIqay4E&index=1
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