President Trump Proposes New Name For Strait Of Hormuz

JUST IN: President Trump proposes renaming the Strait of Hormuz “Trump Strait,” declaring it is now fully under U.S. control. pic.twitter.com/Z3AxANmTlF

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Trump and his administration have repeatedly insisted that Iran has lost control over the strait, which carried one-fifth of the world’s oil trade before the war began in late February.

But transits through the waterway remain far below prewar levels, and ship-trackers say they have dropped further in recent days, as military strikes in the region have resumed following a weekslong hiatus.

The Trump administration asserts that total oil exports from the region are now higher than they were before the war began, if the tally includes Saudi Arabia’s and the United Arab Emirate’s pipelines that bypass Hormuz.

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNBC on Wednesday that more than 17 million barrels of oil transited the strait on Monday, a new wartime record. Around 20 million barrels per day of crude and products passed through the strait before the war started on Feb. 28.

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President Trump Says He Will Soon Declare New U.S. Territory

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