US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States will probably take over the Strait of Hormuz and should be reimbursed for controlling the vital waterway.
“We’re going to keep the strait, and we’ll probably run it. We’ll become the guardian of the strait. Maybe we’ll call it the guardian angel of the strait. And we should be reimbursed for that,” he said in a phone interview on Fox News’s “Fox & Friends” program. “We’re taking over the strait. They’ve got nothing.”
Trump added that the US should have taken care of the Iranian threat “47 years ago,” noting that the two countries agreed to “everything” during a recent 11-hour meeting in Washington, with Iran then demanding changes to the agreement.
President Trump noted that Iran is getting its “a** kicked,” emphasizing the effect of US kinetic action on Iranian military hardware and personnel, as well as its leaders.
This is a developing story.
