Trump Seeks Compensation from Nations Benefiting from Strait of Hormuz Security

US President Donald Trump insists countries benefiting from security in the Strait of Hormuz must reimburse the US for protecting the oil transit corridor. Trump claims foreign countries have offered no help amid hostilities with Iran and that the US has been doing more for others than itself. Tehran claims authority over the strategic waterway, but Trump has dismissed Iran's assertion of governance. Trump has consistently framed the US military campaign against Iran as a triumph and attributed higher expenses in the US to former President Joe Biden.