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Trump-Ayatollah Inc.

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.24.2026 9:30 AM

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Who will control the Strait of Hormuz if President Donald Trump's negotiations with Iran pan out? "It'll be jointly controlled," the president told CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins on Monday.

Collins followed up by asking who would jointly control the strait.

"Maybe me?" Trump responded. "Maybe me. Me and the ayatollah, whoever the ayatollah is."

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A joint U.S.-Iranian venture to control a vital Persian Gulf waterway doesn't feel particularly sustainable. Then again, it's unclear if any of Trump's Iranian plans are grounded in reality.

After threatening Saturday night to soon bomb all of Iran's power plants, Trump (thankfully) pulled back Monday, saying he was having "good and productive" conversations with Iranians.

There's "no dialogue" happening, Iran's foreign ministry responded.

(But, hey, the stock market started bouncing back in the space between these two comments, so…there's that.)

2/ No negotiations have been held with the US, and fakenews is used to........

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