Sunday 12 / April / 2026
US President Donald Trump made a series of posts on his Truth Social platform on Thursday critical of Iran.
He warned Iran against imposing tolls on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
"There are reports that Iran is charging fees to tankers going through the Hormuz Strait — They better not be and, if they are, they better stop now!" Trump wrote.
In a separate post, Trump said that oil would soon "start flowing" and that Washington would achieve this "with or without the help of Iran."
Trump previously suggested that the United States and Iran could run a "joint" toll program in the crucial waterway without providing details or any indication that Tehran had agreed to the proposal.
In a later post, Trump wrote that Iran was doing "a very poor job" of allowing oil to go through the Strait of Hormuz, adding, "That is not the agreement we have!"
Iran agreed to reopen the strait as part of a two-week truce with the United States that went into effect on Wednesday.
Tehran had effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz — a major energy chokehold that sees some 20% of the world's oil deliveries pass through it — in response to the United States and Israel's bombardment of Iran.
