Trump threatens to hit Iran again and take over Strait of Hormuz

WASHINGTON, June 21– U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened Iran over the Strait of Hormuz as talks between the two countries began in Switzerland. The United States “may take over the strait if we have to,” Trump told Fox News in a phone interview.

“You close it, and you won’t have a country,” Trump said he had told Iranian officials so overnight. The president did not name the Iranians with whom he spoke.