![A banner depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and bearing messages was displayed in front of the Zolfaghar and Zolghadr ballistic missiles exhibited at Azadi Square in Tehran, Iran's capital, on August 2, 2026. [Fatemeh Bahrami - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/AA-20260802-42124703-42124697-TRUMPTARGETING_BANNER_DISPLAYED_IN_TEHRANS_AZADI_SQUARE-scaled-e1786783118283.jpg)
US President Donald Trump was “joking” when he said he would declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory after the war with Iran, US media reported Friday, Anadolu reports. Trump has not met with his advisers to discuss such a move, Wall Street Journal reporter Brian Schwartz said through US social media platform X, citing an unnamed senior White House official. “President Trump has not met with his advisers about declaring the Strait of Hormuz a US territory post the war and was joking during his speech today in New York,” Schwartz wrote. Trump made the remark during a political rally at the Nassau County Police Academy in Garden City, New York. “After we finish defeating Iran, which is […]
