Trump says US will 'probably run' the Strait of Hormuz

Middle East Eye · July 13, 2026 War

Trump says US will 'probably run' the Strait of Hormuz US President Donald Trump has said that Washington "will probably run" the Strait of Hormuz and that it should "be reimbursed for that". He told Fox News in a phone interview that: “We’re going to keep the Strait and we’ll probably run it. We’ll become ⁠the guardian of ⁠the Strait.