No, Trump didn’t say the US “needs $2 billion a day to open the Hormuz.”

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🇮🇷🇮🇱🇺🇸 Trump said the US need $2 billion a day to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

US Senator: But it was already open before the war? So what was the point of whole war? pic.twitter.com/AqbxXQJd8T

— Megatron (@Megatron_ron) March 26, 2026

Factcheck: No, Trump didn’t say the US “needs $2 billion a day to open the Hormuz.” The viral claim misattributes Pentagon estimates of the Iran war’s daily cost (~$1-2B, per analysts and officials). The clip shows Sen. Chris Murphy highlighting that expense while noting the strait was open before the conflict escalated—questioning the war’s point. Trump has stressed securing the strait for global oil flows but no verified direct quote matches the exact phrasing.