Trump Says Strait Of Hormuz ‘Will Open Itself At A Certain Point’

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President Donald Trump declined to answer a direct question about whether the U.S. would soon begin escorting oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, saying instead that it was a “simple” operation to do so.