Trump Says Iran Doing ‘Poor Job’ With Strait of Hormuz Passage, Criticizes Alleged Fees

The Strait of Hormuz is a crucial waterway that is used to transport one-fifth of the world’s oil and gas.
Trump Says Iran Doing ‘Poor Job’ With Strait of Hormuz Passage, Criticizes Alleged Fees
President Donald Trump departs the White House on March 11, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
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U.S. President Donald Trump was not satisfied with how the Iranian regime has managed passage through the Strait of Hormuz since the countries agreed on a two-week ceasefire.

“Iran is doing a very poor job, dishonorable some would say, of allowing Oil to go through the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on April 9.

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