WHITE HOUSE DIVIDED? Trump’s 20% Hormuz Toll Plan Sparks Legal Clash With Secretary Marco Rubio!

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U.S. President Donald Trump has triggered a profound legal and policy divide within his own administration following his unilateral social media declaration that the United States will now act as the official "Guardian of the Hormuz Strait," enforcing a mandatory 20 percent security reimbursement fee on all transit cargo. The assertive maritime directive, paired with an immediate reinstatement of a sweeping naval blockade on Iranian vessels, stands in direct contradiction to explicit statements issued just weeks prior by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who publically reaffirmed that existing international law strictly prohibits any sovereign nation from levying tolls or transit fees within international waterways. While the United Nations' International Maritime Organization rapidly backed Rubio’s legal interpretation, declaring that Washington’s proposed cargo tariff completely lacks an established international legal basis, the joint Maritime Information Center confirmed the U.S

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