Trump Says U.S. Will Declare Strait of Hormuz 'U.S. Territory' — 'After We Finish Defeating Iran'

President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States will declare the Strait of Hormuz "U.S. territory" after it finishes defeating Iran, escalating his assertion of American control over the strategic waterway as Tehran vowed that the strait "has been Iranian, is Iranian, and will remain Iranian."

"After we finish defeating Iran, which is being very badly defeated, pretty soon I'll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States," Trump told a crowd during an event in Nassau County, New York.