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President Trump on Tuesday backed off his proposed 20% toll for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz in favor of investment deals that Persian Gulf states will ink with the US.<\/p>\n

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Trump in a Truth Social post said the decision was \u201c[b]ased on highly productive conversations with Middle East Leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThose Investments will be MASSIVE but, at the same time, extraordinarily good for them, and their future,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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Trump also claimed that exports of oil were \u201cflowing like never before\u201d thanks to recent US airstrikes on Iran, and \u201cthe Strait of Hormuz is open to All Ship traffic except for Iran \u2014 and that is because of their lying, violent, malicious leadership, which is taking them down the path of TOTAL DESTRUCTION.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will therefore have a FULL Blockade, but only on Ships coming to and from Iranian ports, or carrying anything have to do with Iranian cargo,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

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Trump announced the new tolling scheme on Monday, declaring that the US would be the \u201cguardian\u201d of the Strait of Hormuz and would collect a reimbursement equal to 20% of the cargo\u2019s value. One industry expert predicted that the fee could be worth nearly $200 billion annually. <\/p>\n

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