US President Donald Trump published a map of the Strait of Hormuz with the caption «New US territory».

Trump announced his plans to declare the Strait of Hormuz US territory on August 14. At the time, the head of the White House said that the declaration would take place after the end of the war with Iran.
The next day, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi stated that the waterway could not be seized. «The Strait of Hormuz cannot be seized by a tweet, nor an aircraft carrier, nor an order, nor an election speech,» he said.
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