Trump posts map calling Strait of Hormuz 'New US Territory'
Trump’s post came as shipping through the waterway remained about 10% of prewar levels, officials said, amid stalled U.S.-Iran talks.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump shared an AI-generated image depicting the Strait of Hormuz as "NEW U.S. Territory," asserting "total control" over the strategic waterway between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.
- Tensions persist following the failure of a June memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran, which aimed to resolve navigation disputes over the Strait and end regional conflict.
- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi denounced the President's post as a "delusion," warning that Trump's claims regarding the waterway would soon be "corrected" by Iran or by circumstances.
- An official Iranian social media account labeled California a "new territory" of Iran in direct response to Trump's imagery, escalating the digital exchange between the two nations.
- This exchange impacts an estimated 141,000 Iranian Americans living in Los Angeles County, which represents the largest concentration of people of Iranian descent outside of Iran.
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