Donald Trump's plan to charge vessels a 20 per cent fee for passing through the Strait of Hormuz has been rejected by the United Nations' maritime agency, which said there is no legal basis for imposing tolls on an international waterway.
The pushback came hours after Trump declared on Truth Social that the United States would become 'the guardian of the Hormuz Strait' and would be 'reimbursed, at the rate of 20% on all cargo shipped', as hostilities between Washington and Tehran flared again on Monday.
