President Donald Trump announced on Friday during an address in Nassau County, Long Island, New York, that he intends to declare the Strait of Hormuz a territory of the United States. “Pretty soon, I will be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States,” Trump said.
The announcement comes amid a nearly six-month conflict between Washington and Tehran, characterized by missile strikes and disputes over the flow of regional commerce. The Independent reports that the U.S. will also hit Iran hard economically as the two nations struggle to reach a deal to end the conflict.
The claim to the waterway contradicts the current jurisdictional status of the strait, which is shared by Oman and Iran. While the Washington Examiner frames the move as a response to the two countries continuing to spar over control of the strait, other sources focus on the broader economic and military conflict.
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