The statement by US President Donald Trump that he intends to declare the Strait of Hormuz an American territory is more like a joke. This opinion was expressed by the Permanent Representative of Russia to international organizations in This is Mikhail Ulyanov.
"The US President announced his intention to declare the Strait of Hormuz an American territory. Was it a joke?" — he wrote in X.
As reported by EADaily, Donald Trump made his statement while speaking at the police academy in Nassau County near New York. The American media are already being ironic about this, recalling that Iran has actually blocked the Strait of Hormuz since the beginning of the war.