Trump says the US should control the Strait of Hormuz and get paid for it

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Former US President Donald Trump stated that the United States should control the Strait of Hormuz and receive compensation for doing so. He described plans for the US to act as guardian of this strategic waterway key to global oil transport.

WASHINGTON, July 13 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States would 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' "Fox & Friends" program.