Iran Mocks Trump Brutally After He Says He Will Control Strait of Hormuz jointly with the Ayatollah
Trump wants to share the steering wheel of global oil, but Tehran just handed him a plastic "Player 2" controller that isn't even plugged in.
During a press interaction with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, President Trump floated a de-escalatory idea while announcing he was pausing planned U.S. strikes on Iranian power plants and extending Iran’s deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
He claimed the vital waterway (which carries ~20% of global oil) would be “open very soon” and said it would be “jointly controlled.”
When a reporter asked “by who?”, Trump replied (verbatim):
“Maybe me? Maybe me. Me and the ayatollah, whoever the ayatollah is, whoever the next ayatollah.”
He also hinted at some form of regime change and ongoing U.S. talks with a “top person” in Iran (not the Supreme Leader).
Tehran didn’t waste a second. Iranian state-linked media, IRGC-affiliated accounts, and even the Iranian Embassy in South Africa flooded social media with memes showing a bright pink children’s toy video-game controller (the kind you’d give a 5-year-old) placed over images of the Strait of Hormuz or a ship’s wheel.
The clear message: “This is how seriously we take Trump’s ‘joint control’ idea.” One caption from an official Iranian channel read: “The Strait of Hormuz will be controlled by me and the Ayatollah ” — using Trump’s own words against him.
The meme has racked up millions of views in under 24 hours.
It’s now the top-trending Iran-related post across X and Instagram today. Pro-Iran accounts are loving it; Trump supporters are calling it more proof Tehran is unserious and needs regime change.