President Donald Trump of the United States has warned that the US will hit Iran twenty times harder if it does anything that stops the flow of oil within the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump said this in a statement posted on his Truth Social on Monday as oil prices fell on Tuesday.

“If Iran does nothing that stops the flow of oil within the Strait of Hormuz, they will be hit by the United States of America 20 times harder than they have been hit thus far,” he warned.

He as also said that the United States would take out easily destroyable targets that would make it impossible for Iran to ever be built back as a nation again.

According to him, such would be a gift from the United States to China and all of those nations that heavily use the Hormuz Strait, expressing the optimism that the gesture that would be appreciated.

DAILY POST reports that the Strait of Hormuz is crucial to the global energy market as around a fifth of the world’s oil passes through the narrow waterway.

War: US will hit Iran 20 times harder if it stops oil flow – Trump warns