Trump says ‘US will soon declare Hormuz its territory’ 

President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States would soon declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory, escalating his rhetoric over the strategic waterway as the Iran conflict pushes up oil and gasoline prices. “After we finish defeating Iran … pretty soon I’ll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States,” Trump said in a speech in Garden City. It was unclear how seriously Trump intended the remark or whether it represented a new US policy position.