{
  "id": 5264480,
  "title": "Trump jokes about renaming Strait of Hormuz ‘Trump Strait’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/trump-jokes-about-renaming-strait-of-hormuz-trump-strait",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T06:36:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/trump-jokes-about-renaming-strait-of-hormuz-trump-strait/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Donald Trump suggested renaming the Strait of Hormuz 'Trump Strait' amid ongoing clashes with Iran, then later downplayed the idea, according to Punch. The Strait of Hormuz has been a point of contention between the US and Iran, with Iran laying naval mines south of the strait, as per Middle East Eye.\n\nThe US has targeted Iranian rocket launchers on the island of Larak in response to Iran's new capabilities for firing mines from rockets into the Strait of Hormuz, France 24 reported.\n\nIran has dismissed US claims of control over the Hormuz Strait. A spokesperson for Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, Ebrahim Zolfaghari, mocked US claims, saying they could only rename the strait using Photoshop.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Trump jokes about renaming Strait of Hormuz ‘Trump Strait’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/trump-jokes-about-renaming-strait-of-hormuz-trump-strait-5265489",
        "published": "2026-09-03T06:46:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Voice of Ukraine",
        "title": "Trump turns to geography with proposal for ‘Trump Strait’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/trump-turns-to-geography-with-proposal-for-trump-strait",
        "published": "2026-09-03T07:42:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Trump wants to rename Strait of Hormuz ‘Trump Strait’. Can he?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/trump-wants-to-rename-strait-of-hormuz-trump-strait-can-he",
        "published": "2026-09-03T07:42:42.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}