“Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s warning in late June that ‘no country’ can charge tolls through the Strait of Hormuz went viral on Monday, hours after President Donald Trump announced the United States would begin collecting a 20% fee on cargo passing through the strategic waterway,” Mediaite reports.
“The apparent contradiction emerged after Trump abruptly declared in a Truth Social post that the U.S. would reimpose its naval blockade of Iran and assume what he described as a permanent security role over one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, following another round of military exchanges between Washington and Tehran.”
NOTUS: Trump says U.S. should collect fee as “guardian” of the Strait of Hormuz.
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