Svmuu News: According to a report by the U.S. media outlet Semafor, a White House official stated that Donald Trump is “very serious” about his plan to impose a 20% toll on cargo passing through the Strait of Hormuz—a plan he has been trying to push forward for months. Donald Trump He has long intended to impose the toll, questioning his administration in April “why not” do so and threatening to begin charging in June if an agreement with Iran was not reached within 60 days.But Donald Trump does not always put his ideas into practice, and until this week, he had refused to formally announce the plan—partly because of opposition from within his inner circle. “This has always been something he wanted to do, but people have tried to persuade him to drop it,”
a White House official said. “For him, this has always been an instinctive decision; he’s just come full circle.””It remains unclear how this toll system—linked to the reinstatement of the maritime blockade of the Strait—will operate, nor is it clear whether the U.S. has even consulted with Gulf nations on the matter. According to the official, the details of the plan are still being finalized. (Jin Shi)