# [WARNING] Trump Threatens Iran Over Hormuz, Floats U.S. Control and Oil Seizure in Fox Interview *Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 1:50 PM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk* **Detected**: 2026-06-21T13:50:40.203Z (3h ago) **Tags**: StraitOfHormuz, Iran, UnitedStates, Oil, MiddleEast, Nuclear, Shipping **Sources**: OSINT **Permalink**: https://hamerintel.com/data/alerts/11394.md **Source**: https://hamerintel.com/summaries --- **Summary**: Between 13:10 and 13:32 UTC, Trump used a live Fox News interview to threaten to “blow” Iran up and ensure it “won’t have a country” if Tehran closes the Strait of Hormuz, while saying the U.S. may “take over” the waterway, impose tolls, and claim 20% of all oil passing through. The statements land as U.S. and Iranian delegations enter talks in Switzerland and Iran’s president publicly vows to keep uranium enrichment, raising the risk that miscalculation or failed diplomacy could quickly spill into shipping disruption and renewed sanctions shocks. ## Detail Between roughly 13:10 and 13:32 UTC on 21 June, President Trump escalated public threats against Iran and signaled an aggressive approach to the Strait of Hormuz during a Fox News interview, just as U.S.–Iran talks are beginning in Switzerland. In remarks captured across multiple real-time posts, Trump told Fox that if Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz, “you won’t have a country” and “you won’t even make it back to your f*cking country,” and said he would “blow the sh*t out of them.” He further said the United States could become the “guardian angel” of the Strait, “take over” Hormuz “if we have to,” collect tolls on shipping, and take 20% of the oil that transits the chokepoint. He framed this as an option if no agreement is reached with Iran, saying he has a 60‑day option on the emerging deal and can “do whatever I want after that.” These statements hit as Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in near-simultaneous messaging around 13:30 UTC, reiterated that Iran “will not give up” its right to uranium enrichment and that “they’ll be forced to accept it.” Separate feeds from Switzerland report that the main Iranian delegation, led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, and the U.S. delegation led by Vice President J.D. Vance, have now arrived at the talks venue with Qatari and Pakistani mediation. Technical teams have already been in contact, and agenda items include Lebanon and the release of roughly $6 billion in Iranian funds. The human and industry exposure is immediate. Roughly 20% of global crude and significant LNG volumes move through Hormuz. Trump himself cited 19 million barrels exiting the Gulf yesterday under a memorandum of understanding with Iran. Any perception that Washington might normalize coercive toll collection or seize a share of transiting oil will alarm Gulf producers, Asian importers, shipowners, and insurers. Even without shots fired, underwriters will reassess war-risk premia, while captains and charterers factor in elevated miscalculation risk between U.S. and Iranian forces in one of the world’s narrowest energy arteries. Security-wise, while Trump’s comments are rhetorical and not yet backed by declared rules of engagement or new deployments, they lay political groundwork for more muscular U.S. naval operations if talks falter or if Iran tests closures via harassment or partial blockades. Iran’s insistence on continued enrichment, coupled with Trump’s personal threats to Iran’s leadership, raises the political cost for both sides of backing down. That dynamic can encourage brinkmanship, including signaling through drone incidents, missile tests, or proxy actions in Lebanon and Iraq, any of which could spook markets if linked to Hormuz. For markets, the immediate effect is through expectations. Crude benchmarks are likely to price a fatter geopolitical risk premium, particularly on Middle Eastern grades. Tanker equities and insurers could move on perceived higher Gulf risk. Currencies of major importers—such as the yen, won and rupee—are vulnerable to any sustained oil spike, while GCC sovereign CDS could widen on heightened confrontation risk. Any whiff of U.S. claims over a share of transit oil adds a novel legal and political risk layer for long-term contracts and might complicate hedging strategies tied to Gulf loadings. In the next 24–48 hours, key watch points are: whether U.S.–Iran talks in Switzerland yield a concrete de‑escalation framework linking Hormuz guarantees, Lebanon fighting and enrichment limits; any Iranian naval or IRGC messaging in the Strait, including harassment of tankers; shifts in U.S. naval posture or formal policy language echoing Trump’s “guardian angel” and tolls concept; and the response from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and major Asian buyers. A breakdown of talks paired with unchanged or sharper rhetoric from either side would materially raise the probability of shipping incidents and renewed sanctions or interdiction campaigns. **MARKET IMPACT ASSESSMENT:** High near-term sensitivity for crude benchmarks, tanker equities, Gulf FX and CDS. Even absent kinetic moves, traders will price higher Hormuz closure risk, political risk premia on Iran-related barrels, and a wider discount/volatility on any prospective sanctions relief deal.