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President Donald Trump pivoted Tuesday from his proposal for the U.S. to charge a 20% fee on the cargo carried by ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBased on highly productive conversations with Middle East leadership, I have decided to replace the 20% United States Reimbursement Fee with Trade and Investment Deals that the various Gulf States will be making into the United States,\u201d Trump said in a post<\/u><\/span> on Truth Social.<\/p>\n

Trump elaborated on the change to reporters ahead of a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, saying that countries in the region offered to enact investment deals with the U.S. instead of paying fees. He said those proposals changed his mind.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was called by different people, different countries, kings and emirs, and all of the people that we all know and we all love,\u201d Trump said. \u201cAnd they said we\u2019d love to do it a different way. We\u2019d love to invest in the United States with billions and billions of dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump did not mention any new commitments from Gulf countries such as Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, which the White House says<\/u><\/span> have already pledged trillions of dollars in investments collectively.<\/p>\n

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In the reversal, Trump aligned his statements with those of his advisers, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who has said<\/u><\/span> that no country, including the U.S., should place a fee on vessels in the strait.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think anybody should be able to charge a fee for the strait or for any other strait relationship in terms of other sections of the world,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI don\u2019t think anybody should be really in that position, but we were doing it as a reimbursement. The Gulf states are going to invest a tremendous amount of money into the United States, and that was very satisfactory to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump announced Monday the resumption of a naval blockade<\/u><\/span> of the strait, which is set to take effect Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET, according to the U.S. Central Command, blocking any ships from entering or exiting Iranian ports and allowing all other ships safe passage.<\/p>\n

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The president says Gulf countries\u2019 promises to invest in the U.S. are sufficient and he won\u2019t demand \u201creimbursement\u201d for using the strait.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trump-white-house"],"yoast_head":"\nTrump Backs Off Plan to Charge a Fee for Guarding the Strait of Hormuz - Modern Home Journals<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1114\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump Backs Off Plan to Charge a Fee for Guarding the Strait of Hormuz - Modern Home Journals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The president says Gulf countries\u2019 promises to invest in the U.S. are sufficient and he won\u2019t demand \u201creimbursement\u201d for using the strait.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1114\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Modern Home Journals\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-14T17:42:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=1114#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=1114\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/533de239efc09a2ab59959cc1bff86d0\"},\"headline\":\"Trump Backs Off Plan to Charge a Fee for Guarding the Strait of Hormuz\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-14T17:42:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=1114\"},\"wordCount\":410,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=1114#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/389c057cfc842e3e3e81b8a958236a10-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Trump White House\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=1114#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=1114\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=1114\",\"name\":\"Trump Backs Off Plan to Charge a Fee for Guarding the Strait of Hormuz - Modern Home Journals\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=1114#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=1114#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/389c057cfc842e3e3e81b8a958236a10-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-14T17:42:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/533de239efc09a2ab59959cc1bff86d0\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=1114#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=1114\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/?p=1114#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/389c057cfc842e3e3e81b8a958236a10-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/modernhomejournals.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/389c057cfc842e3e3e81b8a958236a10-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707,\"caption\":\"President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with Iraq's Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi\u00a0in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, in Washington. 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