Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleDonald Trump stated that the US would likely take control of the Strait of Hormuz, acting as its "guardian angel" and expecting a fee for control. "We're going to keep the strait, and we'll probably run it. We'll become the guardian of the strait,” he said in a phone interview on Fox News' "Fox & Friends" program. “Maybe we'll call it the guardian angel of the strait. And we should be reimbursed for that.”His comments followed overnight attacks by Iran's Revolutionary Guard on Gulf states, including facilities in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, and Jordan. These Iranian attacks were a response to escalating tensions and recent U.S. military strikes against Iran. The U.S. military had launched strikes on Iran to hold Iranian forces accountable amid the rising conflict. The renewed violence casts doubt on an interim US-Iranian agreement signed last month, which aimed to reopen the strait and end the conflict after further negotiations. In fullIran-US war latest: Trump claims US should be ‘the guardian angel’ of the Strait of Hormuz and get paid for itMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Trump wants US reimbursed for being the Strait of Hormuz’s ‘guardian angel’
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleDonald Trump stated that the US would likely take control of the Strait of Hormuz, acting as its "guardian angel" and expecting a fee for control. "We're going to keep the strait, and we'll probably run it. We'll become the guardian of the strait,” he said in a phone interview on Fox News' "Fox & Friends" program. “Maybe we'll call it the guardian angel of the strait. And we should be reimbursed for that.”His comments followed overnight attacks by Iran's Revolutionary Guard on Gulf states, including facilities in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, and Jordan. These Iranian attacks were a response to escalating tensions and recent U.S. military strikes against Iran. The U.S. military had launched strikes on Iran to hold Iranian forces accountable amid the rising conflict. The renewed violence casts doubt on an interim US-Iranian agreement signed last month, which aimed to reopen the strait and end the conflict after further negotiations. In fullIran-US war latest: Trump claims US should be ‘the guardian angel’ of the Strait of Hormuz and get paid for itMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
