{
  "id": 676450,
  "title": "Trump says US has 'total control' over Strait of Hormuz",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/trump-says-us-has-total-control-over-strait-of-hormuz",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T14:46:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/08/trump-says-us-has-total-control-over-strait-hormuz"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Aug 12 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States in is control of the Strait of Hormuz. \"The U.S.A. has total control over the Strait of Hormuz. I THINK WE WILL KEEP IT! Our Naval Blockade is being called, by everyone, “A WALL OF STEEL,” and there is nothing Iran can do about it,\" he wrote on his Truth Social platform. (Reporting by David Ljunggren and Ryan…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}