Trump posts map calling Strait of Hormuz 'New US Territory'
Trump escalated his claims as shipping through the waterway remained far below prewar levels, with crossings in single digits, traders and officials said.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump declared the Strait of Hormuz "an American territory" during a South Carolina rally, suggesting he might formally annex the waterway following the war in Iran.
- Trump has paired his territorial rhetoric with threats of "economic warfare" against Iran, warning that any nation providing financial or logistical support to Tehran would face "tremendous" consequences.
- Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei described the move as an "assertion of extraterritorial sovereignty," while deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi dismissed the president's remarks as "fanciful delusions."
- On Saturday, Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, stated the U.S. economic operation was "bound to fail," as diplomatic efforts to reopen the waterway have collapsed without a breakthrough.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has described a planned campaign of isolation "like the world has never seen before," combining sanctions with a naval blockade while the conflict restricts global shipping.
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An official Iranian social media account called California a "new territory" of Iran, in response to the posting of an image by US President Donald Trump that portrayed the Strait of Hormuz as a "new US Territory". Trump shared the image on his Truth Social account, showing a map of the Strait of Hormuz with the strategic waterway circled beneath the words "New US Territory", following his previous statements that the strait would become US terr…
Trump calls Strait of Hormuz 'new American territory'
US President Donald Trump posted a picture of the Strait of Hormuz, on his page on Truth Social on Sunday, with the phrase “New U.S. territory: Strait of Hormuz” written on it. The heads of Iran’s three branches of government met at the presidential palace hours after Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called on Friday for an end to the war. The Fars News Agency reported that Pezeshkian hosted the meeting, which was attended by the Speaker of P…
Donald Trump says he’ll ‘never apologize’ for ballooning gas prices, vows to claim the Strait of Hormuz as U.S. territory: ‘I did the right thing’
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Trump shares Hormuz image as 'US territory' as Iran faces new sanctions
US President Donald Trump again shared an image calling the Strait of Hormuz “US territory” as Iran warned against Washington’s economic pressure. Tehran condemned proposed fresh US sanctions, while tensions over the strategically vital waterway and Iran’s oil trade continued to escalate.
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