Posted on 08/14/2026 2:24:14 PM PDT by Libloather
President Trump said Friday that he plans to declare the Strait of Hormuz “a territory of the United States” after the Iran war.
“After we finish defeating Iran, which is being very badly defeated — pretty soon I’ll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States,” Trump said during a Long Island rally for Republican candidates in the gubernatorial and congressional elections.
Trump’s preliminary peace deal with Iran — signed June 17 — fell apart last month after Iran attempted to assert control over the strait, including by opening fire on commercial ships that used a sea lane preferred by the US.
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Too funny!!! My respects to you, sir!
Your post probably makes sense -to you.
I see it a bit differently, with the strategy aimed at China by controlling Iran's oil: 90% of Iran's oil goes to China. Or did.
We now control Venezuela, and Russia is increasingly under duress by Ukrainian hits on Russia's oil infrastructure (refineries and ships.) Saudi we have fairly good (not complete) leverage on. China's options are narrowing, which may be why they are pushing domestic use EV's so heavily at the same time they are doing a sort of cultural and economic invasion of Southeastern Russia.
You’r right and very clever. Like Trump
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