Trump says US will become ‘guardian’ of Strait of Hormuz and collect tolls

UNHINGED IRAN STRIKES OMAN, BAHRAIN, JORDAN AND KUWAIT

Trump:

“We’re ⁠going to keep the ​strait, ‌and we’ll probably run ⁠it. ​We’ll become the guardian of the ⁠strait. Maybe we’ll ​call it the guardian angel of the strait. ⁠And we should be reimbursed for that.”

We guarded the strait for 50 years, and we never got paid for it. We guarded it for nothing, but now we will make money.

Trump says US ‘reinstating’ Iran blockade, will charge ships for passage

• President Donald Trump has said the United States is “reinstating” a blockade on Iran as he looks to seize control of the Strait of Hormuz and said the US will “get paid a lot of money” for guarding the strategic waterway.
• Iran claims attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Jordan saying it hit US military sites in retaliation for Washington’s renewed bombardment of its southern coast.
• The US attacks on Iran come amid an intensifying standoffover Hormuz with explosions reported in the port cities of Bandar Abbas, Sirik and Jask as well as Qeshm Island.
• Heavy exchanges of fire come a day after the US military said it hit at least 140 targets in Iran and Tehran launched retaliatory attacks.

• Trump says US will become ‘guardian’ of Strait of Hormuz and collect tolls

  “We are reinstating the THE IRANIAN BLOCKADE, so named because it is only stopping Iran’s ships or customers from entering or leaving,” Trump said on Truth Social.

  “The U.S.A. will be, from this point forward, known as ‘THE GUARDIAN OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT,’ but as such, and as a matter of FAIRNESS, will be reimbursed, at the rate of 20% on all cargo shipped, for any and all costs necessary to do the job of providing safety and security to this very volatile section of the World,” he added.

  “The process and formation will begin immediately,” he said.

  In a statement, the UN’s shipping ‌agency said it opposed any imposition of fees to cross the strait.