Topline
President Donald Trump posted an image of a map declaring the Strait of Hormuz a “new U.S. territory” on Tuesday, hours after Iran said the key shipping route would remain closed after a 60-day negotiating period with the U.S. expired without a deal in place.
The president labeled the Strait a new territory in an image of a map posted on Truth Social.
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Key Facts
Trump posted an image of the Strait on Truth Social on Tuesday morning, circling the waterway that separates Iran from parts of Oman the United Arab Emirates—labeling it a “new U.S. territory” without any other context.
Trump has repeated this idea multiple times over the last week—making the same declaration in a speech to police officers on Long Island on Friday, and telling reporters in the Oval Office “I just think it’s a great idea” on Monday.
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