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Trump: America will control the Strait of Hormuz and impose fees for securing navigation

He said we will become the guardians of the strait and must be compensated for that

Published: July 13, 2026: 04:27 PM GST Last updated: July 13, 2026: 11:55 PM GST

US President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States will likely control the Strait of Hormuz, and that it should be compensated for the costs of managing this vital waterway.

He added in a phone interview with 'Fox & Friends' on Fox News: 'We will control the strait, and perhaps we will manage it. We will become the guardians of the strait. Maybe we will be called the guardian angels of the strait. And we must be compensated for that.'

Oil prices jump more than 2% amid exchange of strikes between US and Iran

Control of the Strait of Hormuz, the vital artery for global oil supplies, has become a main battlefield in this conflict. Iran's de facto blockade of the strait has driven up energy prices and stoked fears of inflation worldwide.

Trump said: 'We will guard it. And we will charge money for guarding it - a lot of money.'

He added: 'We will receive compensation, because other countries are very rich. They support us and we are not expected to do this for free.'

After declaring the closure of the strait on Saturday following what it described as an 'unauthorized crossing', Tehran said on Sunday that the suspension of traffic is still ongoing and that permits will be issued once 'stability and calm' are restored.

Trump said: 'We made a deal. It was a final deal, then they broke it. They always violate it. We made 10 deals with these people so we will hit them very hard.'

Iran's Revolutionary Guard said in a statement on Monday that the only way to return navigation to normal in the strait is to end US military interventions in the waterway, and warned that 'the continuation of these interventions will exacerbate crises in the global oil and gas sector.'

US and Iranian forces have exchanged intensive missile and drone attacks in recent days, and Tehran said it targeted US military installations in Gulf countries and again announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, causing oil prices to jump.

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the Strait of Hormuz is open to commercial traffic, despite Iran's earlier announcement of its closure after a ship sailed in an unauthorized path and was hit by a warning shot.

Navigation in the Strait of Hormuz slows down

Shipping data showed that the number of ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday fell to its lowest level in weeks, amid renewed exchanges of strikes between the US and Iran and attacks on vessels in the Middle East, raising safety concerns.

According to ship tracking data from Kepler, six ships crossed the strait on Sunday, the lowest number in any day in five weeks.

The data showed that the tankers that crossed the strait included the very large crude carrier Humanity loaded with two million barrels of Iranian oil, and another tanker, Captain Andreas, carrying about 500,000 barrels of Kuwaiti oil products, while three empty tankers entered the Gulf to load oil. Most tankers turned off their transponders when crossing the strait.

No liquefied natural gas tankers entered the strait over the weekend, according to ship-tracking data.

Kepler data showed that one tanker belonging to the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) left the strait between July 10 and 12. The ship is heading to the port of Dahiej in India.

US Central Command said that forces completed another wave of strikes against Iran on Sunday, targeting dozens of locations with precision-guided munitions.

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