Trump reiterated that Iran had requested a ceasefire and stated that unimpeded passage through the Strait of Hormuz was a prerequisite.

According to Mars Finance, on April 1st, Trump posted on Truth Social, stating, "The president of Iran's new regime is far less radical and wiser than his predecessors, and has just asked the United States for a ceasefire! We will consider a ceasefire while the Strait of Hormuz remains open. Until then, we will bomb Iran to pieces, or, in their words, send them back to the Stone Age!!!" According to PolyBeats monitoring, on the prediction market Polymarket, the probability of "the Strait of Hormuz reopening to navigation by the end of this month" has recently bottomed out and rebounded to 21%.