Jen Psaki

It was not a fortified position.

Now, all of this comes as Trump's efforts to negotiate an end to the war appear to be faltering.

It's been two days since the Trump administration supposedly struck a deal to temporarily reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

I've been skeptical from the beginning.

And so far, it still appears that the Strait is completely under Iran's control.

New York Times reports that hundreds of tankers are still waiting to navigate the Strait.

And we're even getting reports that Iran is demanding cryptocurrency tolls from vessels who wish to access the Strait.

Today, the president responded to those reports in a post on his social media account saying, there are reports that Iran is charging fees to tankers going through the Hormuz Strait.

They better not be.

And if they are, they better stop now.

There are reports.

I mean, are you getting your information about the closing of a strait because of a war you started by just reading the papers like the rest of us?

That's alarming.

But I'm sure that will do the trick.

Just just tell them to stop.

Maybe not, because a little bit later he posted Iran is doing a very poor job, dishonorable, some would say, of allowing oil to go through the Strait of Hormuz.

That is not the agreement we have.

Another of the biggest threats to his disintegrating ceasefire deal is Israel's ongoing strikes against Lebanon, which Iran says violate the deal.

But Trump waved away concerns about those attacks during a phone interview with NBC News saying, quote, I spoke with Bibi and he's going to low key it.

I just think we have to be sort of a little more low key.