Trump blockades Strait of Hormuz and will ‘toll ships 20%’
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Donald Trump has declared the US 'guardians' of the Strait of Hormuz after announcing the shipping lane open to commercial traffic despite ongoing retaliatory attacks. Monday saw Iran insist that the Strait of Hormuz has been closed, but the US President claimed the opposite during an interview on NBC's Meet the Press. US Central Command said US forces are "positioned and prepared" to make sure ships can move freely despite "unwarranted Iranian aggression". "Iran does not control the strait. Traffic is flowing," it said. Meanwhile, US and Iranian forces have exchanged heavy missile and drone assaults, with Tehran targeting US facilities in states across the Gulf on Sunday and saying it had again closed the vital Strait of Hormuz. “We’re going to keep the strait, and we’ll probably run it,” Trump said during an interview with “Fox & Friends.” “We’ll become the guardian of the strait. Maybe we’ll become the guardian angel of the strait, and we should be reimbursed for that."
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