GeenStijl: Trump Claims He Wants to Annex the Strait of Hormuz, Criticism Mounts, White House Clarifies: It Was a Joke
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(Agenzia Vista) Washington, August 18, 2026 I just said it's a great idea, yes. I mean, we control it. We control it with the block. We have a block, we can control it with the block and... I like the idea of declaring it a territory. We have total control of the strait. Now, they can be a nuisance, they can put a mine in the water and people don't like the mines hitting their ships by a billion dollars, you know, etc...So the President of the U…
Iran has no intention of opening the Strait of Hormuz until the US meets the terms of the interim agreement reached in June, Iran's chief negotiator, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, said. Meanwhile, Donald Trump published a map depicting the Strait of Hormuz as "new US territory."
15 Gasht, 2026 Baghdad/Basel: US Wall Street Journal reported a White House official...
Social Bad news for plan trustors: for a moment there seemed to be a plan to rely on again, but on closer inspection, it turns out to be a joke. During a speech last night, Trump suddenly shouted that he would like to annex the Strait of Hormuz to America, but after some deliberation, that turned out to be a joke, and Trump does not want to annex the Strait of Hormuz. Now, all the people who take Trump literally are very angry again, while all t…
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