Trump: I’ll Declare Strait of Hormuz a US Territory
15th August 2026
Donald Trump said he would declare the Strait of Hormuz a “territory of the United States” despite having repeatedly failed to reopen it.
The US president on Friday said he would annex the waterway, before suggesting he already controlled it anyway.
Iranian officials accused Mr Trump of indulging in “fanciful delusions”.
During a speech in New York on Friday, Mr Trump said: “After we finish defeating Iran, which is being very badly defeated, pretty soon I’ll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States.
“Essentially, that’s what it is. We have the blockade. No ships get through unless we want them to.”
Ah ah ah ah, yankin’ their chains, yankin’ their chains….