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Jeers as Trump’s removal from power tied to Hormuz reopening: ‘Sounds like a great deal’

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A senior Iranian figure proclaimed Thursday that the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until “criminal” President Donald Trump is removed from power — and a number of critics voiced support for the demand. Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr, a political adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, said that the strait would remain closed until both Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were removed from office, a demand that comes as traffic through the critical shipping waterway hit its “ lowest level yet ” and surging global oil prices break records . “Our fighters will not open the Strait of Hormuz until they bring the criminal Trump and the bloodthirsty Netanyahu down from the seat of power,” Zolqadr said, CBS News reported Thursday. With gas prices in the United States reaching unprecedented heights due to Trump’s deeply unpopular war against Iran — with “ the worst still to come ,” per The Washington Post — a number of Trump’s critics appeared to embrace Iran’s demand