Escalation in the Gulf: Trump Says He May Declare Strait of Hormuz a US Territory 'After We Finish Defeating Iran' The geopolitical temperature in the Middle East spiked sharply following President Donald Trump's public assertion that the United States could convert one of the world's most critical maritime bottlenecks into American sovereign land. The controversial statement, … [Read more...] about Trump says he may declare Strait of Hormuz a US territory after we finish defeating Iran