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Reported claim

“Donald Trump told Fox News on July 14, 2026 that the United States should be compensated for helping to secure shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, and that the United States had previously guarded it for nothing but would now get paid.”

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Strengthened after The Hindu reported it.

Belief History

Jul 14 Jul 14

Sources

The Hindu supports high reliability
We guarded it for nothing, and now we're going to guard it, and we're going to get paid for guarding it — a lot of money
Jul 14, 2026

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