{"id":2168,"date":"2026-07-13T16:01:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnnglobalnews.com\/2026\/07\/13\/us-taking-over-strait-of-hormuz-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T16:01:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:01:52","slug":"us-taking-over-strait-of-hormuz-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/?p=2168","title":{"rendered":"US \u2018taking over\u2019 Strait of Hormuz \u2013 Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington will be the \u201cguardian angel\u201d of the waterway, and will get paid for it, the US president has claimed<\/strong><\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump has claimed that America is \u201ctaking over\u201d<\/em> the Strait of Hormuz from Iran, and will act as the \u201cguardian angel\u201d<\/em> of the key waterway \u201cand get paid for it.\u201d<\/em> Tehran has earlier declared the strait closed, blaming \u201chostile actions\u201d<\/em> by US forces.<\/p>\n

Speaking by phone to \u2018Fox & Friends\u2019 on Monday, Trump said Iran was getting its \u201cass kicked\u201d<\/em> in the war against the US, asserting that the country\u2019s navy, air force and missile capabilities had been \u201cvirtually annihilated\u201d<\/em> and listing senior Iranian leaders he said had been killed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He added that US troops were continuing to carry out strikes against Iranian targets after he declared a ceasefire with Tehran to be \u201cover\u201d<\/em> this past weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re taking over the strait. They\u2019ve got nothing,\u201d<\/em> Trump said, arguing that Washington should have dealt with what he called the Iran threat \u201c47 years ago.\u201d<\/em> He accused successive US presidents of having been \u201ctapped along\u201d<\/em> by Tehran without taking decisive action.<\/p>\n

Control of the Strait of Hormuz \u2013 a vital route for global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments \u2013 has emerged as a major flashpoint in the Middle East conflict, which was triggered by a surprise joint US Israeli attack on Iran on February 28 which cost the life of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several members of his immediate family.<\/p>\n

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Due to recent hostile actions by the US forces, passage through the #Strait_of_Hormuz<\/a> is currently unfeasible. As soon as stability and calm are restored, all applications will be reviewed in accordance with the scheduled timeline, and the permitting process will resume.<\/p>\n

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Tehran has formally declared the strait closed, blaming \u201chostile actions\u201d<\/em> by US forces in a post on X on Monday by Iran\u2019s Persian Gulf Strait Authority, which said passage would only resume once \u201cstability and calm\u201d<\/em> are restored.<\/p>\n

Regular exchanges of strikes stopped after a ceasefire in April, which led to the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on June 17. Hostilities have since resumed as the sides clashed over the interpretation of the MoU and the status of the strait. The US continued striking targets in Iran early on Monday, marking the fourth consecutive night of bombardment. Iran responded<\/a> by firing missiles and drones at US military sites in Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman.<\/p>\n

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US resumes strikes on Iran amid latest Hormuz escalation<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had ten deals with these people, and so we\u2019re just going to hit them very hard,\u201d<\/em> Trump claimed, adding that the US is going to \u201cguard\u201d<\/em> Hormuz and going to get paid \u201ca lot of money.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Under the MoU, Iran pledged to use \u201cits best efforts for the safe passage of commercial vessels with no charge\u201d<\/em> during the 60 day period and to negotiate with Oman over \u201cthe future administration and maritime services\u201d<\/em> in the strait. Tehran has maintained that it has the right to regulate traffic, collect tolls and require ships to use a designated route.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Washington has demanded that Iran declare the strait fully open and has been guiding vessels along a route closer to the Omani coast, which Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has denounced as \u201cillegal.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington will be the \u201cguardian angel\u201d of the waterway, and will get paid for it, the US president has claimed US President Donald Trump has claimed that America is \u201ctaking … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}