Trump floats renaming Strait of Hormuz as 'Trump Strait'
Trump suggests renaming the Strait of Hormuz after himself as the White House backs the idea online and the Iran war shows no sign of easing.
President Donald Trump has suggested renaming the Strait of Hormuz as the Trump Strait, asserting US control over the vital waterway amid ongoing conflict with Iran. The White House has backed the idea, marking the strait as such on a social media map of the Gulf. This is the latest in a series of geographical name changes initiated by Trump, including renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America and the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
However, these changes have not been accepted by the respective countries. The renaming may also serve as a distraction from the Iran war, which has caused oil prices to rise for US consumers ahead of midterm elections. Iran has blocked the strait, cutting off a fifth of the world's oil supply, leading to retaliatory strikes by the US in Jordan, the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Iraq.
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