WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday blasted Tehran’s drone strike on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier, calling it a “foolish violation” of the cease-fire agreement within the US-Iran memorandum of understanding.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran shot at least four One Way Attack Drones at Ships transversing the Strait of Hormuz,” the president wrote on Truth Social. “One of the Drones solidly hit the upper deck of a large and very expensive Cargo Carrying Ship. Damage was done, but the Ship was able to proceed on its way.”

“We knocked down three other Drones. Obviously, this is a foolish violation of our Ceasefire Agreement,” he added.

Asked later whether Iran would face consequences for the violation, Trump told reporters: “You’ll find out.”

“I don’t like the fact that they took a shot yesterday … at a ship. Not an Allied ship, but a ship — very expensive ship,” he said. “And, it was fine, but it took a little beating. They shouldn’t be doing that.”

Follow The Post’s live coverage of President Trump and national politics for the latest news and analysis

But Trump gave no indication that he intends to resume war on Iran during his remarks Friday at the Faith & Freedom Coalition Conference at the Washington Hilton.

“We still have a fight. They have some capability, not much. They’re not winning or anything. But they have some,” he said. “They shot a drone yesterday at a big ship going into the Hormuz Strait. They shot four of them. We knocked down three of them.”

“One of them — we didn’t miss it, nobody saw it coming — and it hit a ship and did some damage. But can’t do that stuff,” he added.

He swiftly pivoted to predicting an economic upswing with the conflict in the rear-view mirror.

“But very soon … we’re going to be at $2.50 gasoline,” he said.

Iran launched the attack drone at a Singaporean ship after warning vessels to ignore a new US-approved shipping route along the Omani coast and instead use a different Tehran-preferred route.

“Without notice or coordination with the Islamic Republic of Iran, some authorities announced a new route for ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz,” the hardline Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) seethed in a statement Thursday morning.

“It is hereby notified to all that the only authorized route for passing through the Strait of Hormuz is the one declared by the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the IRGC added. “Vessel traffic outside these routes is extremely dangerous and prohibited. Violators will be dealt with.”

Head of the Iranian parliament’s national security commission Ebrahim Azizi denied Trump’s assessment, claiming in a post to X that the incident “was not a violation of the ceasefire; it is ceasefire management.”

“The reality in the Persian Gulf has changed. The Strait of Hormuz is governed by Iran, so: Respect the rules. Use secure routes. Do not mistake control for escalation,” he claimed, adding a screenshot of Trump’s Truth to his post.

“If you do not learn the rules, the Iranian armed forces will teach them to you.”

It was not immediately clear whether the administration planned any military or diplomatic response beyond Trump’s public condemnation and suggestion that something could happen.

Trump previously brushed off Tehran’s attacks during the US-Iran cease-fire first declared on April 8, explaining early this month that a cease-fire in the Middle East merely means “you’re shooting in a more moderate manner.”

The strike threatened the fragile cease-fire and associated MOU and was part of a larger struggle over the post-war control of the waterway.

Iranian negotiators hope for an agreement allowing them to regulate shipping traffic and to charge fees for environmental and security reasons, which US officials strongly oppose as a de facto toll.

Traffic through the strait came to a stop after the strike, but began again at a creeping pace on Friday. 

Roughly five ships made the voyage since its reopening on Friday — down dramatically from about 70 ships that passed through the waterway on Thursday in the hours before the strike, according to shipping trackers. 

The 70 total represented about half the normal pre-war traffic, which ranged from 130 to 150 ships per day.

Contributing to the traffic interruption was the UN’s International Maritime Organization decision to pause its evacuation efforts of ships stuck in the strait.

“We have been able to evacuate at least around 115 vessels in the last three and a half days, representing around 2,500 seafarers that have now safely left the Strait of Hormuz,” IMO Secretary General Arsenio Dominguez said Friday.

“Whilst we have paused the evacuation from IMO, there’s still some vessels that are transiting in the southern part of the Strait of Hormuz, and this is why it’s important to reactivate the mechanism in order to provide more safety guarantees for all the vessels that are waiting to transit,” he added.

Dominguez said the IMO would hold its evacuation efforts until it receives more “clarity” from Iran and other stakeholders.

The Strait of Hormuz handles roughly one-fifth of global oil consumption, making any attack on commercial vessels a concern for energy markets and international trade.