Trump says Iran is 'choking like a stuffed pig', as he mulls extending blockade

Trump says Iran is 'choking like a stuffed pig', as he mulls extending blockade Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 04/29/2026 - 18:56 The US president appeared to reject an Iranian proposal to end the war that would have deferred talks on its nuclear programme US President Donald Trump speaks during an event with the Artemis II astronauts in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on 29 April 2026 (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/AFP) Off US President Donald Trump on Wednesday rejected an Iranian peace proposal to lift competing blockades of the Strait of Hormuz and defer nuclear talks to a later date, as the US-Israeli war on the Islamic Republic shows no sign of ending. Several US media outlets reported that the White House is mulling extending its naval blockade of Iran for months and that US oil executives were briefed on the plan in a meeting with Trump. Oil prices, which have become a metric for the prospects of a peace deal, surged on the news.