United States President Donald Trump has told Fox News that the United States may “take over” the Strait of Hormuz in future “if they have to and collect tolls”.
According to a Fox News correspondent who spoke to the US president, Trump has termed Washington as the “guardian angel” of the Strait of Hormuz and the Middle East.
The correspondent reported that Trump suggested the United States would be involved in “taking 20 per cent of the oil that passes through the strait”.
Also Read: Trump says Iran must stop proxies in Lebanon
Separately, Trump said Iran must stop the use of proxy groups in Lebanon from causing “trouble”.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, he stated that Tehran must immediately halt its proxies in Lebanon, warning that otherwise the United States would “hit Iran very hard again, just like we did last week, only harder”.
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