Trump threatens to declare strait of Hormuz ‘territory of the United States’

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Former US President Donald Trump threatened to declare the Strait of Hormuz as US territory amid ongoing tensions with Iran. This move, if actualized, would mark a significant shift in US policy regarding a critical global oil transit chokepoint and could impact international maritime politics and energy markets.

Seriousness of remark made in New York on Friday, and whether it signaled new policy ​position, not clear Donald Trump has threatened to declare the strait of Hormuz as “a territory of the United States” as his administration struggles to conclude the war with Iran. During a speech at a police academy on Long Island, New York, on Friday, the US president said he would “pretty soon” designate the waterway – a crucial chokepoint for global trade, through which about a fifth of the world’s seaborne oil supplies typically pass – a US territory. Continue reading...