President Donald Trump wants the Strait of Hormuz, between Oman and Iran, to become U.S. territory. Photo by Stringer/EPA
Aug. 15 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump on Friday said he wants the Strait of Hormuz to become U.S. territory.
Speaking at an event in New York, Trump said he plans to declare ownership of the waterway between Oman and Iran once the war is over.
"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," Trump said, as reported by the Guardian.
"Essentially, that's what it is," he added. "We have the blockade -- no ships get through unless we want them to."
