The White House: President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart agreed that no country can be...

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The White House: President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart agreed that no country can be allowed to impose transit tolls on the Strait of Hormuz.

Critical Commentary — From the Perspective of the Axis of Resistance:

This statement reflects a familiar contradiction in American geopolitical discourse: Washington invokes the principle of “freedom of navigation” only when maritime routes serve Western interests and global capitalism, while ignoring decades of military sieges, sanctions, and coercive pressure imposed on the states of the region, particularly Iran .

From the perspective of the Axis of Resistance, the Strait of Hormuz is not merely an international corridor for energy and trade, but also a strategic pressure point shaped by the permanent American military presence in the Gulf, repeated threats against Iran, and ongoing attempts to control regional energy routes.

This statement is therefore interpreted as an attempt to delegitimize Iran’s strategic leverage, while disregarding the historical reality that instability in the Gulf has escalated in parallel with American military expansion and escalation policies.

The deeper issue here is sovereignty: Washington rejects the idea that any regional power may use its geographic position as a deterrence tool, while simultaneously maintaining its own military dominance over global maritime corridors through fleets, alliances, sanctions, and mechanisms of economic coercion.

From the viewpoint of resistance movements and their allies, this rhetoric is not seen as a neutral defense of international trade, but rather as an effort to preserve a U.S.-led security and economic order that is increasingly being challenged by rising powers and an emerging multipolar world.