President Donald Trump on Monday (local time) stated that Gulf nations ought to reimburse the United States for safeguarding maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, while asserting that recent American military interventions have profoundly crippled Iran’s military capabilities.
Speaking to journalists in the Oval Office, Trump expressed that Washington should receive financial compensation for securing one of the planet’s most strategically vital maritime corridors.
In an interview with Newsmax, the US President noted that American strikes had severely undermined Iran’s military power, stating, “Their power has been largely taken away.”
He asserted that a significant portion of Tehran’s naval and air assets had been obliterated. Trump stated, “Now, they have something left, but it’s been largely taken away. As an example, their military had 159 ships. One hundred and fifty-nine ships are under the sea.”
