Trump: No Iran Tolls in Hormuz, but Reimbursement on Table if Talks Fail
🛢️ HORMUZ — Trump denies Iran's toll system while offering to pay it if talks fail. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Trump's post contradicts CENTCOM's implicit Hormuz validation — ships were transiting, fees or not. Declaring no tolls forces Tehran to enforce fees publicly or absorb the denial. The reimbursement offer if talks fail is more significant: it frames Hormuz escort as a US service with a price tag, handing Iran leverage it never formally held.
