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WATCH: Johnson says Trump wants U.S. allies to help reopen Strait of Hormuz
Speaker Mike Johnson said on Wednesday he spent three hours at the White House with President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as the president is working on "that final piece" to reopen commerce in the Strait of Hormuz.
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According to PBS News’s source item, WATCH: Johnson says Trump wants U.S. allies to help reopen Strait of Hormuz, Speaker Mike Johnson said on Wednesday he spent three hours at the White House with President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as the president is working on “that final piece” to reopen commerce in the Strait of Hormuz.
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- WATCH: Johnson says Trump wants U.S. allies to help reopen Strait of HormuzPBS News - 2026-06-03T21:33:31+00:00
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