{"id":3267,"date":"2026-07-13T22:40:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T22:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=3267"},"modified":"2026-07-13T22:40:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T22:40:02","slug":"gop-senator-throws-rubios-words-back-in-his-face-as-trump-ignores-secretarys-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=3267","title":{"rendered":"GOP senator throws Rubio\u2019s words back in his face as Trump ignores secretary\u2019s warning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A Republican senator who President Donald Trump recently threw under the bus is now throwing a top Trump official\u2019s words back in his face \u2014 and over an issue that economically impacts every American.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=3266\">Trump DC golf course has a massive pest control problem: health inspector report<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI recall Secretary Rubio saying that would not be proper for any country. Am I wrong?\u201d Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) told NOTUS journalist Igor Bobic regarding Trump saying the United States will toll the Strait of Hormuz. Ever since Trump invaded Iran, the Strait of Hormuz has been hotly contested, with Iran\u2019s throttling of the key waterway raising prices on essential products like oil and fertilizer for ordinary Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Cornyn was referring to how Trump recently announced that the United States will be the new so-called \u201cguardian of the Hormuz Strait\u201d and as such start collecting a 20 percent toll on ships that transit across the globally-utilized shipping route.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Hormuz Strait is OPEN, and will remain OPEN, with or without Iran,\u201d Trump posted on his Truth Social account. \u201cWe are reinstating the THE IRANIAN BLOCKADE, so named because it is only stopping Iran\u2019s ships or customers from entering or leaving. All other countries will have fair and open use of the Strait.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201dThe U.S.A. will be, from this point forward, known as \u2018THE GUARDIAN OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT,\u2019 but as such, and as a matter of FAIRNESS, will be reimbursed, at the rate of 20 percent on all cargo shipped, for any and all costs necessary to do the job of providing safety and security to this very volatile section of the World.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s remarks clearly contradict Secretary of State Marco Rubio promising that America would follow international law, which prohibits the charging of tolls and fees on the waterway.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=3264\">Conservatives laugh at Trump kids as foreign business deal hits major snag<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the law,\u201d Rubio said in June. \u201cIt\u2019s an international waterway. No country is allowed to charge tolls or fees on an international waterway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cThat\u2019s existing international law. That\u2019s the way it is in international waterways all over the world and that\u2019s the way we\u2019ll expect it\u2019ll be here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cornyn may have personal as well as political reasons to draw attention to Trump\u2019s seeming flip-flop on the issue of Strait of Hormuz tolls. In May, despite Cornyn overwhelmingly supporting Trump\u2019s agenda in the Senate, the president endorsed Cornyn\u2019s primary challenger, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who ultimately prevailed. By contrast, Rubio has risen in Trump\u2019s estimation as a potential 2028 presidential candidate to succeed him instead of Vice President JD Vance, who has reportedly fallen out of Trump\u2019s favor because of his voiced skepticism about invading Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since Trump invaded Iran, Americans have suffered from rising prices due to Iran\u2019s actions shutting down the Strait of Hormuz. Speaking with AlterNet in April, White House spokesperson Kush Desai argued that the economic pain caused by the Iran war will be temporary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump has been clear about short-term disruptions as a result of Operation Epic Fury, and the Administration went into this military engagement with a plan to mitigate these disruptions to America\u2019s long-term economic resurgence,&#8221; Desai told AlterNet at the time. &#8220;As energy markets begin to stabilize, historic tax refund checks hit the mail, and the rest of the Trump administration\u2019s pro-growth agenda continues taking effect, Americans can rest assured that the best is yet to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=3262\">GOP \u2018meltdown\u2019: House Republicans are running out of time \u2014 and out of control<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Republican senator who President Donald Trump recently threw under the bus is now throwing a top Trump official\u2019s words back in his face \u2014 and over an issue that economically impacts every American.\u201cI recall Secretary Rubio saying that would not be proper for any country. 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