President Donald Trump on Friday said he now considers the Strait of Hormuz, which is bordered by Iran and Oman, to be "an American territory." Photo by Yuri Gripas/UPI | License Photo
Aug. 22 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump on Friday said he now considers the Strait of Hormuz to be "an American territory."
"We don't even know if we won, because I view the Strait of Hormuz as an American territory right now," he told a crowd of supporters during a campaign event in South Carolina.
Trump first floated the idea of claiming the waterway last week, saying he would wait until the conclusion of the war in Iran to declare the strait a territory of the United States.
Then on Tuesday he posted an image on Truth Social showing the strait with the label "New U.S. Territory."
