Trump says he’ll declare Strait of Hormuz a US territory after defeating Iran
Trump said the move would follow Iran’s defeat and could keep shipping under U.S. control, as traffic through the strait fell to two vessels Friday, officials said.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump announced plans to declare the Strait of Hormuz "a territory of the United States" after defeating Iran, speaking at the David S. Mack Center in Garden City, New York.
- Connecting the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman, the Strait of Hormuz serves as a critical route for global energy shipments, making control of the waterway a central issue in the U.S.-Iran conflict.
- Vice President JD Vance acknowledged the administration faces domestic political pressure over elevated oil and gas prices, while Trump defended the costs as necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
- Trump did not clarify whether his remarks represented a formal administration proposal or explain how the United States would establish such a claim, leaving legal analysts uncertain about international law implications.
- Since peace talks with Tehran broke down last month, the administration has traded missile strikes and barbs over regional commerce; the U.S. insists on maintaining freedom of navigation while Iran seeks concessions.
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The president says that soon Hormuz will be American territory. For the ambassador Giampiero Massolo "is a device to claim that the block of the Strait will be accompanied by more and more rigid enforcement measures." A threat that leads to the extreme its mercantile ideology, already applied to Panama and Greenland: who controls the route decides the rules, and who has the strongest fleet controls the route
Trump says Strait of Hormuz to be made a US territory
US President Donald Trump on Friday said that he would “finish defeating” Iran and “soon” declare the Strait of Hormuz part of US territory.Trump has repeatedly said that the key energy waterway, which Tehran effectively closed at the start of the Middle East war, is under US control — although the
For his part, the American President repeats that the United States has "control" of the Strait.
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