The President of the United States, Donald Trump, suggested this Wednesday naming the Strait of Hormuz after himself, emphasizing that Washington controls the strategic passage and echoing his policy regarding Lake Ontario when he ordered its name changed amid a trade dispute with Canada.
“Now that it is under United States control, should we rename the Strait of Hormuz to the Trump Strait?” the U.S. leader stated in a social media message amid tensions at the passage.
In this way, he pointed out that the name change would make both the strait and “the United States itself” “hotter than ever.”
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This message from the White House chief comes after the latest U.S. bombings against Iran, to which the Revolutionary Guard responded by attacking U.S. interests in the region, amid fears of a possible new large-scale conflict in the Middle East.
