Trump Claims Strait of Hormuz as US Territory
· World · India Today, NDTV, Hindustan Times
US President Donald Trump has again shared an image on Truth Social labeling the Strait of Hormuz as "NEW US Territory," escalating tensions amid a planned economic confrontation with Iran. The post follows Trump's earlier remarks at a Long Island police academy where he suggested he might soon declare the waterway a US territory. Iran's Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei rejected the claim, warning that the distance between Washington and the Persian Gulf makes such assertions impractical. Meanwhile, the US is preparing to impose fresh sanctions on Iran, which the Iranian Foreign Ministry has condemned as a violation of international law.
Why it matters
The escalating rhetoric and planned US sanctions threaten to disrupt the global oil trade and increase geopolitical instability in the Persian Gulf.
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