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US president says Washington, as the \u2018winner\u2019 of the war, has a \u2018concept\u2019 for charging a toll in strategic waterway.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Published On 6 Apr 2026<\/span>6 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n President Donald Trump has suggested the United States may be looking to charge a toll in the Strait of Hormuz after the war<\/a>, a move that would likely require direct US military control over the strategic waterway.<\/p>\n Asked on Monday whether he would accept a deal that would allow Iran to take fees from ships to traverse the strait, the US president said: \u201cWhat about us charging tolls? I\u2019d rather do that than let them have them. Why shouldn\u2019t we? We\u2019re the winner. We won.\u201d<\/p>\n list of 3 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n Trump reiterated that Iran has been militarily defeated, a claim that he has been making since the early days of the war, despite Iran\u2019s sustained drone and missile attacks across the region and its continuing blockade of Hormuz.<\/p>\n \u201cThe only thing they have is the psychology of, \u2018Oh, we\u2019re going to drop a couple of mines in the water.\u2019 All right, no, I mean, we have a concept where we\u2019ll charge tolls,\u201d Trump told reporters.<\/p>\n Hormuz, which connects the Gulf to the Indian Ocean, lies mostly within Omani and Iranian territorial waters. About 20 percent of the world\u2019s oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) passed through the strait before the war.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s latest comments came as he issued what he called a \u201cfinal\u201d ultimatum<\/a> to Tehran to reopen the strait and agree to Washington\u2019s terms or face attacks against Iran\u2019s civilian infrastructure, including bridges and power plants.<\/p>\n The US president told reporters on Monday that any deal with Iran must include reopening the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have to have a deal that\u2019s acceptable to me, and part of that deal is going to be, we want free traffic of oil,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Reports have suggested that Iran is already charging a toll<\/a> for some of the few ships it is allowing to pass through the strait.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Strait of Hormuz situation won\u2019t return to its pre-war status,\u201d Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf wrote on X last month.<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has also called for \u201cnew arrangements\u201d to manage the waterway after the war, ensuring safe passage for ships and protecting Iran\u2019s interests.<\/p>\n \u201cI believe that after the war, the first step should be drafting a new protocol for the Strait of Hormuz,\u201d he told Al Jazeera<\/a> in March. \u201cNaturally, this should be done between the countries that lie on both sides of the strait.\u201d<\/p>\n The White House said last week that Trump is considering<\/a> asking Arab countries to pay for Washington\u2019s expenses in its war on Iran.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nRecommended Stories <\/h2>\n