US considering tanker protection force after attacks
Reflecting on security in Middle East waterways and taking a similar policy stance to remarks made throughout his presidency, Donald Trump has let it be known that he is fed up with US taxpayers picking up the bill for global security. He takes the view that other nations ought to be paying their fair share and ought to think about funding a tanker protection force
US President Donald Trump says countries should be involved in protecting their own ships in the Strait of Hormuz because he is fed up with American taxpayers paying the bill