Trump calls the Strait of Hormuz “Trump Strait” and demands that its name be changed
Quick Look
US President Donald Trump published a map of the Hormuz Strait on the Turath Social platform, calling it “Trump Strait,” stressing that the waterway is under the control of the United States, while the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister responded that seizing the strait cannot be done through a tweet or an aircraft carrier.
AI-generated summary
Why It Matters
Last March, Trump first referred to the Hormuz Strait as “Trump Strait” during a speech in Florida, then renewed the demand to change its name after claiming that the waterway was under US control.
(CNN) - On Saturday, US President Donald Trump published a map of the Gulf region and the Strait of Hormuz, calling it the “Trump Strait.”
On Saturday, the American President published, through his official account on his “Truth Social” platform, a picture of a map of the Gulf region and the Strait of Hormuz, and called it “Trump Strait.”
On the map, Trump drew a circle surrounding the Strait of Hormuz, which included the islands located within the Strait area, and also included the coasts of Iran and the coasts of the United Arab Emirates, and the Gulf states appeared in the map, with the exception of Qatar and Bahrain.
Last March, the US President referred to the Hormuz Strait as “Trump Strait” during his speech at the Foreign Investment Institute Priorities Summit in Florida.
“They have to open it, they have to open Trump Strait,” he told the audience. I mean the Hormuz Strait,” he added jokingly: “Sorry, I’m so sorry. What a huge mistake. The fake media will claim he said that by mistake. No, I don’t make mistakes. Not much.”
Later, the US President proposed changing the name of the Hormuz Strait to the Trump Strait, after he said again that the vital waterway had become under the control of the United States of America.
Trump wrote on the Truth Social platform: “Now that the Hormuz Strait is under the control of the United States of America, should we change its name to the Trump Strait?”
Trump said in later statements that he intends to declare “the Strait of Hormuz within American territory after we complete the defeat of Iran,” and indicated that this would happen “very soon.”
Trump told a crowd at an event in Nassau County, New York: “We are enforcing the blockade; No ships pass unless we want them to.”
Meanwhile, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, responded to Trump’s statement about his intention to declare “the Strait of Hormuz within American territory.”
“The Hormuz Strait cannot be seized with a tweet, an aircraft carrier, an executive order, or an election speech,” Gharibabadi said in a statement. “Iran is not afraid of threats and is not intimidated by displays of force.”
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Verbal tensions between the United States and Iran over the Hormuz Strait will continue without immediate action to change the name
Likely · Within weeks
Gulf states may increase their diplomatic efforts to assert their sovereignty over regional waterways
Possible · Within months
Open Questions
- Will the United States take formal steps to change the name of the strait internationally?
- How will the countries bordering the Gulf deal with this escalation?
- Will this tension affect navigation in the strait?
