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Monday, March 23, 2026

Trump extends deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump made the announcement on his Truth Social website Monday, just hours ahead of a deadline later in the day. Writing in all capital letters, he said the U.S. and Iran have had "very good and productive conversations" that could yield "a complete and total resolution" in the war. Talks will continue "throughout the week," Trump said.

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Iranian state television offered Tehran's first reaction to U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to extend a deadline for reopening the Strait of Hormuz by five days.

The deadline should have been around 0000 GMT Tuesday. Instead, Trump on Monday said he extended it by five days.

Reacting to the news, Iranian state television said in a graphic on screen: "U.S. president backs down following Iran's firm warning."

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#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-03-23 07:50 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Lol

#2 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-03-23 08:05 AM | Reply

Can some magat scum please come here and laud the president's courage and wisdom?

#3 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-03-23 08:06 AM | Reply

Trump measures success by the stock market. He sees it's tanking.

Betcha some insiders got the heads up before his announcement and bought yesterday or during this morning's pre-market.

This war won't be over until Iran decides it is.

What's being floated now by the Trump WH? The same deal Obama and the world signed in 2014 that Trump blew up, but with more billions going to Iran than the $1.7 billion repatriated to Iran under the original 2014 deal.

What a negotiator!! (/snark)

#4 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-03-23 08:13 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

The Iranians are just beginning to take Old Yeller to school.

#5 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-03-23 08:52 AM | Reply

-Trump measures success by the stock market.

Every president and their respective supporters do that when the market goes up.

The opposition always chants "but wall street isn't main street" and point to the obvious challenges that's always present even when the market is up. unemployment, underemployment, poverty rate, uninsured, etc.

The stock market has done better with a democrat in the WH over the past 30-40 years.

Or at least that claim has been made a couple million times here on the DR......so I'll assume it's true.

You're right.....Trump measures success by the stock market......but he's not alone.

#6 | Posted by eberly at 2026-03-23 09:06 AM | Reply

What's being floated now by the Trump WH? The same deal Obama and the world signed in 2014 that Trump blew up, but with more billions going to Iran than the $1.7 billion repatriated to Iran under the original 2014 deal.

Doesn't matter that it is the same deal.

Sh*tler will announce it that it is the greatest thing in the world, all the pinheads on the right will flood the Sunday shows regurgitating that and I'll say that 40% of America will believe it just because the war is over.

That has been his M.O. for his entire two presidencies.

1. Break deals that were in place screeching that they were horrible unfair to the US.

2. Threaten other nations with tariffs and retribution.

3. Sign a deal if not the same, worse for the US.

4. Take a victory lap.

5. Repeat ad nauseum.

He is a child who represents other children who peaked in middle school and caters to their daily outrages.

#7 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-03-23 09:26 AM | Reply

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