As gas prices hit $4 a gallon for the first time in years, the Trump administration appears to be distancing itself from efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post early Tuesday that countries affected by the de facto closure of the strait should go get their own oil. In a press conference on Tuesday, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said that opening the strait was not the U.S.’s problem moving forward.
“I think the president was clear this morning in his Truth that there are countries around the world who ought to be prepared to step up on this critical waterway as well,” he said. “It’s not just the United States Navy. Last time I checked, there was supposed to be a big, bad Royal Navy that could be prepared to do things like that as well.”