Live updates: Trump says US has ‘total control’ in Strait of Hormuz

Filed by Deacon Rift

President Trump declared the U.S. has “total control over the Strait” of Hormuz on Monday, adding that Iran isn’t likely to “make the kind of deal that I feel is necessary” to end the conflict. Monday is the end of a 60-day memorandum of understanding signed between the countries in June. The president held to…