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Trump pushes shaky deal with Iran as Hormuz is shut again, but opponents give him no credit for progress

Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation, but Trump insists a deal will happen 'one way or another'

By Howard Kurtz Fox News

Published April 20, 2026 3:00am EDT

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President Trump struck a ceasefire with Iran that didn’t seem possible.

Doesn’t matter.

Trump pressured Israel into halting its attacks on Lebanon.

So what.

TRUMP RENEWS BRIDGE, POWER PLANT THREAT AGAINST IRAN IN PUSH FOR DEAL, MOCKS 'TOUGH GUY' IRGC

President Donald Trump pretends to aim a sniper gun while speaking with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 6, 2026, in Washington. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)

The stock market reached record highs as investors concluded the war is about to end.

Big deal.

No matter what the guy does, his opponents won’t give him credit.

TRUMP PUSHED IRAN TO THE BRINK — BUT DID WE WIN ANYTHING THAT LASTS?

And when the murderous mullahs again shut down the Strait of Hormuz–in retaliation, they say, for the U.S. enforcing its own blockade of Iranian ports–you could practically hear the sighs of relief that the peace deal might be crumbling.   

Trump told ABC’s Jonathan Karl yesterday that Iran has committed a "serious violation" of the ceasefire, but he was still confident about a deal: 

"It will happen. One way or another, The nice way or the hard way. It’s going to happen. You can quote me."

VANCE WARNS IRAN WILL 'FIND OUT' TRUMP IS 'NOT ONE TO MESS AROUND' IF CEASEFIRE DEAL FALLS APART

On X, Karl got hammered for–get this–calling the president for comment on a significant setback in the war.  

"Why compromise yourself as a journalist & post BS from a pathological liar?" one woman said.

A poster is pasted on a motorbike windshield with graphic depicting Iran's Supreme........

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