US President Donald Trump is again claiming that the United States has “total control over the Strait of Hormuz.” This comes even as transit through the arterial waterway fell to a one-week low amid the US-Israel war with Iran.

Trump made the statement in a Truth Social post on Wednesday, reiterating a similar claim he made to reporters the day before as diplomatic efforts to end the conflict and fully reopen the strait have continued to stall. “The U.S.A. has total control over the Strait of Hormuz. I THINK WE WILL KEEP IT!” Trump said.

He went on to claim the ongoing US blockade of Iranian ports “is being called, by everyone, “A WALL OF STEEL,” and there is nothing Iran can do about it. “Iran is all talk and no action, the Bully of the Middle East No Longer,” Trump said, ending his message with, “Praise be to Allah!”

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While ships can still transit through the strait, they face several obstacles and heightened threats. That has caused the volume of traffic to drop dramatically. Just yesterday, per Reuters, onl6 eight ships transited through the Strait of Hormuz, far below the 130 to 140 ships pre-war rate. That was down from the previous ten-day average of about 12 ships, according to trade analytics platform Kpler data.

The last major diplomatic breakthrough in the war came in June, when the two sides signed a memorandum of understanding about pausing fighting while they negotiated a lasting end to the conflict. This broke down following clashes centered on the Strait of Hormuz, resulting in the resumption of the US blockade and a renewed, expanded regional conflict. Presently, despite Trump’s claim, fighting continues. The US stock market, on the other hand, appears positive on the claim, with major indexes climbing on Wednesday.