Reported claim

“Donald Trump said that the United States had abandoned plans to impose a 20% fee on cargo transiting the Strait of Hormuz after countries in the region agreed to make major investments in the United States.”

high confidence 1 outlet · 1 report

Strengthened after Iran International reported it.

Belief History

Jul 16 Jul 21

Sources

Iran International supports medium reliability

I was going to charge a fee, but instead they'd rather spend a lot of money in the United States.

Jul 16, 2026

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