A spurious claim.
The Iranian government is on record as having stated that shipments via Hormuz will be permitted, not necessarily in USD currency, for all nations that are not Israel, USA, or militarily aiding those two nations in their war effort.
Meanwhile Trump is on record saying the following…….
Someone compiled Trump's remarks....
Mar 3: "We won the war."
Mar 7: "We defeated Iran."
Mar 9: "We must attack Iran."
Mar 9: "The war is ending almost completely, and very beautifully."
Mar 11: "We must attack Iran."
Mar 12: "We did win, but we haven't won completely yet."
Mar 13: "We won the war."
Mar 14: "Please help us."
Mar 15: "If you don't help us, I will certainly remember it."
Mar 16: "Actually, we don't need any help at all."
Mar 16: "I was just testing to see who's listening to me."
Mar 16: "If NATO doesn't help, they will suffer something very bad."
Mar 17: "We neither need nor want NATO's help."
Mar 17: "I don't need Congressional approval to withdraw from NATO."
Mar 18: "Our allies must cooperate in reopening the Strait of Hormuz."
Mar 19: "US allies need to get a grip – step up and help open the Strait of Hormuz."
Mar 20: "NATO are cowards."
Mar 20: "The strait will open itself"
Mar 21: "Allies must open the Strait of Hormuz. We don't use it, we don't need to open it."
Mar 22: "This is the last time. I will give Iran 48 hours. Open the strait"
Mar 22: "Iran is Dead now"
Mar 23: "Having productive talks with Iran; postponing energy grid attacks for 5 days."
Mar 23: "I cannot tell you who we are negotiating with in Iran because Israel will kill them"
Mar 24: "Jared sent them a 15 point plan they will never accept so everyone calm down"
Mar 24: "They are giving us a bonus gift too"
Mar 24: "They wanna talk to JD"
Who dya believe?