Trump Drops Hormuz Toll Plan as US Struggles to End Four-Month Iran War

US President Donald Trump abruptly abandoned a plan to impose transit tolls on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, in what analysts see as the latest sign of Washington's difficulty in ending its four-month-old war with Iran. The about-face is the most recent in a series of sharp policy reversals in the conflict. Commentators say the US appears to be losing diplomatic momentum.