Trump blockades Strait of Hormuz and will ‘toll ships 20%’

Donald ​Trump has declared the US 'guardians' of the Strait ​of ​Hormuz after announcing the shipping lane open to ⁠commercial traffic despite ongoing retaliatory attacks. Monday saw Iran insist that the Strait of Hormuz has been closed, but the US President claimed the opposite ​during ⁠an interview on NBC's ⁠Meet ​the Press. US Central Command said US forces are "positioned and prepared" to make sure ships can move freely despite "unwarranted Iranian aggression". "Iran does not control the strait. Traffic is flowing," it said. Meanwhile, US and Iranian forces have exchanged heavy missile and drone assaults, with Tehran targeting US facilities in states across the Gulf on Sunday and saying it had again closed the vital Strait of Hormuz. “We’re going to keep the strait, and we’ll probably run it,” Trump said during an interview with “Fox & Friends.” “We’ll become the guardian of the strait. Maybe we’ll become the guardian angel of the strait, and we should be reimbursed for that." "When we do that we’re going to be reimbursed because the other nations are very wealthy, they’re on our side, and we can’t be expected to do that for nothing, unlike we had for many years,” he continued. “We guarded the strait for 50 years, and we never got paid for it,” he added. “We guarded it for nothing.” Speaking late on Monday, Trump proposed a 20 per cent fee for cargo shipped through the strait. Listen to the full show on the all-new LBC App: https://app.af.lbc.co.uk/btnc/thenewl... #politics #news #LBC LBC is the home of live debate around news and current affairs in the UK. Join in the conversation and listen at https://www.lbc.co.uk/ Sign up to LBC’s weekly newsletter here: https://l-bc.co/signup