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Trump suggests renaming Strait of Hormuz to Trump Strait

 



US President Donald Trump suggested renaming the Strait of Hormuz to the Trump Strait in a Truth Social post on Wednesday. 

"Now that we have it under U.S.A. control, should we change the name Hormuz Strait to TRUMP STRAIT??? Like America itself, it would be “hotter” than ever before," he wrote. 

“I couldn’t care less if they sign a worthless, to them, agreement. I like our position now much better, with almost total control of the Hormuz Strait, and their economy totally collapsing,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Tuesday, a day before floating the name change.

It’s also unclear how Trump would actually rename the strait. When he signed an executive order last month renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” he directed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to update the federal Geographic Names Information System. Canada rejected the change, though Google Maps and Apple Maps have already updated to reflect it.

Trump made a similar move early in his second term when he renamed the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America,” a change Mexico and other countries have refused to recognize. Unlike the Strait of Hormuz, both Lake Ontario and the Gulf of Mexico at least border the United States.

The renaming push comes as the war between the U.S. and Iran passes the six-month mark with no sign of a resolution. The U.S. launched a new round of strikes on Tehran this week, and ship traffic through the strait remains well below prewar levels despite the administration’s claims of dominance over the waterway.

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