Iran maintains it effectively controls much of the waterway and intends to impose a toll system in response to the US war launched by Trump on 28 February.
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12/08/2026 - 18:20 GMT+2
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the United States is in control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz and will "keep it."
"The U.S.A. has total control over the Strait of Hormuz. I THINK WE WILL KEEP IT!" Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform.
"Our Naval Blockade is being called, by everyone, 'A WALL OF STEEL,' and there is nothing Iran can do about it."
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States is in control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz and will "keep it."
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