04/15/2026 Entire blog as a free PDF eBook. If you act spontaneously and without thinking, neither friend nor foe will be able to guess your intentions. This is how the basis for the U.S. president’s decisions can be described. We are currently witnessing a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, which was ordered personally by the U.S. president. The Liberia-flagged bulk carrier Christianna crossed after unloading 74,000 tons of corn at the Iranian port of Bandar Imam Khomeini, passing Iran’s Larak Island in the strait around 1600 GMT on April 13, Kpler data showed. A second ship, the Comoros-flagged tanker Elpis, was near Larak Island around 1100 GMT and cleared the strait about 1600 GMT. It was loaded with 31,000 tons of methanol, having left the Iranian port of Bushehr on March 31, Kpler data showed. Source. Monday, April 13, 4:00 p.m. GMT – that was the time Trump had announced for the start of the blockade. Taking advantage of the ceasefire, which miraculously remains in effect, the …