“The strait is going to be open very soon, or they are going to get hit very hard, and then the strait’s going to be open,” he said. “If they back out again, they are going to get hit really hard. But the hard hit is yet to come, and hopefully we won’t have to use it.” “Nothing gets through to Iran, unless we want it to, and nothing will get through, unless a Deal, or Total Surrender, is accomplished.” Axios separately reported that the United States, Iran and Oman were nearing an interim deal to reopen the strait, which Washington had been hoping to announce on Wednesday.