Trump Posts Map Labeling the Strait of Hormuz a New U.S. Territory

U.S. President Donald Trump published an image on his Truth Social account labeling the Strait of Hormuz a new American territory. The post follows the pledge he made on August 14, when he said he would declare the strait American territory after Iran is defeated and that Washington already controls the waterway through its naval blockade of Iranian ports. He warned then that any Iranian attack would be answered with force a hundred times greater, and his administration said unprecedented new measures targeting Iranian revenue would be unveiled the following week. The post appeared amid Iran's new deadline and a further attack on a vessel transiting the strait.