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

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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.

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