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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Alex Croft

Trump wants US reimbursed for being the Strait of Hormuz’s ‘guardian angel’

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  • Donald 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.

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Iran-US war latest: Trump claims US should be ‘the guardian angel’ of the Strait of Hormuz and get paid for it

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