Trump Says He Will Declare Strait of Hormuz U.S. Territory

President Donald Trump said he would soon declare the Strait of Hormuz U.S. territory while speaking Friday at Nassau County's police academy in Garden City, New York. Smiling, he said Washington controls the blockade and ships pass only with U.S. approval, although one report described the territorial remark as seemingly in jest. Trump said Iran was being badly defeated, acknowledged using U.S. military force more than he wanted, and insisted he had done the right thing in the U.S.-Israel war. No formal policy order or legal mechanism for annexing or administering the strategic waterway was announced.