Trump Says Ships Starting to Move Through Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump in Washington, on May 22, 2026. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

President Donald Trump on June 15 said that commercial ships loaded with oil are transiting the Strait of Hormuz after he announced a deal with Iran to end hostilities.

“Ships are starting to move, many loaded up with Oil, out of the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump wrote on Monday morning in a Truth Social post. “They are going along the Southern ‘Highway,’ which is totally safe, secure, and pristine. There are other areas of travel, also!!!”