Trump asks ships to pay 20% toll in Strait of Hormuz and reimposes US blockade on day of chaos
- Donald Trump taunted Iran on Monday with threats to become the “guardian angel” of the Strait of Hormuz and impose a toll for safe passage through the waterway as the conflict between the warring nations reignited.
- Traffic through the vital shipping route has come to a near standstill with no commercial vessels openly transiting overnight on Monday, although some may have passed with their transponders switched off.
- “We’re going to keep the strait, and we’ll probably run it.
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- Donald Trump taunted Iran on Monday with threats to become the “guardian angel” of the Strait of Hormuz and impose a toll for safe passage through the waterway as the conflict between the warring nations reignited.
- Traffic through the vital shipping route has come to a near standstill with no commercial vessels openly transiting overnight on Monday, although some may have passed with their transponders switched off.
- “We’re going to keep the strait, and we’ll probably run it.
Sources: The Independent