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‘Guardian angel of the strait’: Trump reinstates Hormuz blockade, says U.S. will get paid to keep it open
For first time ever, American forces employ sea drones in combat operations
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Trump: US to become ‘the guardian’ of the Strait of Hormuz
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President Trump said Monday that the U.S. will take on the role of “the guardian” of the Strait of Hormuz as Washington and Tehran both claim control of the waterway after exchanging strikes over the weekend. “We’re going to keep the strait, and we’ll probably run it,” Trump said during a phone interview with “Fox…
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Trump Blows Up Iran Talks as He Tries to Take Over Strait of Hormuz
Trump last instituted a blockade on the strait in April, after Iran had already closed the vital passageway. The U.S. blockade wasn’t particularly successful back then, considering that Iran had the economic resources to outlast it, and ended with the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding last month. Over the weekend, Iran targeted U.S. military bases in…
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Raw Story
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Trump says the US is 'taking over' the Strait of Hormuz and announces massive levy
President Donald Trump announced Monday that the United States will reinstate its naval blockade of Iran and be "reimbursed, at the rate of 20% on all cargo shipped" through the Strait of Hormuz, a levy he did not explain.Trump said the strait itself would stay open to every country other than Iran. Hours earlier, in a call-in to Fox News, he said: "We're…
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The New York Times
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How Trump Failed to Secure the Strait of Hormuz in His Iran Deal
President Trump signed an agreement that Iran said gave it control of the waterway — and global energy supplies. Now, Iran’s military is violently asserting authority.
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CBS News
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Trump says U.S. reinstating Iran blockade in Strait of Hormuz
Trump says the U.S. will be known as "THE GUARDIAN OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT," and will charge 20% on all cargo shipped via the waterway to cover security costs.
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Bloomberg
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Trump Says US Will End Up Controlling Strait of Hormuz
The US is "taking out" all of Iran’s capability that has anything to do with the Strait of Hormuz and will "end up just controlling the whole thing" in the end, President Donald Trump says in the Oval Office. (Source: Bloomberg)
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NewsNation
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Trump says countries should pay US for protecting Strait of Hormuz
The latest fighting comes less than three weeks after the U.S. and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding.
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New York Post
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Trump’s new tolling scheme in Strait of Hormuz could generate nearly $200B annually
Trump announced the concept on Monday — after months of rejecting Iran's plan for post-war tolls — in what could amount to a negotiating tactic.
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Blaze Media
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Trump reveals Strait of Hormuz game-changer — and gives bad news to anyone hoping to transit for free
The Strait of Hormuz — the body of water between Iran and Oman linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman — is one of the world's key maritime choke points through which roughly one-fifth of the world's oil customarily transits. It has largely been closed since the U.S. and Israel went to war with Iran in late February.After America's interim peace…
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