Hormuz "Maintenance Fee": US Hypocrisy on International Waterways?

We we know, of course, President Trump said that, uh, uh, you know, he's going to charge his 20% whatever fee. You mentioned that a minute ago. Uh, well, here a couple of days ago, I'm sorry, it was a couple of weeks ago. Marco Rubio says that Iran cannot charge tolls in Hormuz. And he had this really smirky look on his face, which you can see pictured there. And he rejected the idea of transit fees. It's an international waterway. No country is allowed to charge tolls or fees on an international waterway, he said, adding that he believed all countries in this region would agree. Apparently, except one. And here is General Keith Kellogg on Fox News just a couple of hours ago. I think what you need to call this is a maintenance fee. I mean, we're using our vessels to escort those other vessels through. They they've got fungible assets with you with the Iranians as well. But over, it's billions of dollars that they've got that you can use to pay off shipping companies if they get damaged. But I think the American people can be reimbursed for this and reimbursed for by saying, ...