{"id":429795,"date":"2026-04-23T20:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/2026\/04\/trump-says-iran-is-having-a-very-hard-time-figuring-out-who-their-leader-is\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:40:08","slug":"trump-says-iran-is-having-a-very-hard-time-figuring-out-who-their-leader-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/2026\/04\/trump-says-iran-is-having-a-very-hard-time-figuring-out-who-their-leader-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Iran is having a very hard time figuring out who their leader is"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Trump on Truth Social:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Iran is having a very hard time figuring out who their leader is! They<br \/>\njust don\u2019t know! The infighting is between the \u201cHardliners,\u201d who have<br \/>\nbeen losing BADLY on the battlefield, and the \u201cModerates,\u201d who are not<br \/>\nvery moderate at all (but gaining respect!), is CRAZY! We have total<br \/>\ncontrol over the Strait of Hormuz. No ship can enter or leave without<br \/>\nthe approval of the United States Navy. It is \u201cSealed up Tight,\u201d until<br \/>\nsuch time as Iran is able to make a DEAL!!! Thank you for your attention<br \/>\n to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It seems like the US and everyone else is waiting for some kind of response from Iran, or the US didn&#8217;t like the response from Iran the first time.<\/p>\n<p>One thing that has been consistent is that Iran says the US blockade of Hormuz is a violation of the ceasefire and that they won&#8217;t negotiate until it&#8217;s lifted. Obviously, Trump doesn&#8217;t believe that&#8217;s the case and thinks he&#8217;s gaining leverage by cutting off funds to Iran.<\/p>\n<p>There is also an update from US interior minister Burgum (though it&#8217;s not really his file) who said that Trump&#8217;s order on boats laying mines is not an escalation.<\/p>\n<p>                            This article was written by Adam Button at investinglive.com.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump on Truth Social: Iran is having a very hard time figuring out who their leader is! They just don\u2019t know! The infighting is between the \u201cHardliners,\u201d who have been losing BADLY on the battlefield, and the \u201cModerates,\u201d who are not very moderate at all (but gaining respect!), is CRAZY! We have total control over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-429795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429795\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}