Proof: Iran played its Hormuz card. Here’s why Trump said no

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SHA-256: ffd2aab883055b6909eb50660b42982a2d97b455e0f724eecb4dc310376d2795

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 968896, mined 2026-09-27 21:31 UTC.

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