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White House map labels the Strait of Hormuz the ‘Trump Strait’

From Tuổi Trẻ · () Vietnamese

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  • The White House posted a map on Sept. 2 labeling the Strait of Hormuz as the “Trump Strait” after Trump raised the idea on social media.
  • The move followed Trump’s earlier proposals to rename other geographic features, including the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario.
  • The announcement came as fighting with Iran entered its sixth month and tensions around the oil route intensified after a new U.S. attack.

The White House has put a new name on one of the world’s most strategically important waterways, at least on its own social-media map: “Trump Strait.”

The map, posted on Sept. 2, followed President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the Strait of Hormuz should bear his name because he said the waterway was now under U.S. control. “Now that this Strait is under United States Control, should we rename the Strait of Hormuz to ‘Trump Strait’??? Like the United States itself, this place will be ‘hotter’ than ever!”, Trump wrote.

Now that this Strait is under United States Control, should we rename the Strait of Hormuz to ‘Trump Strait’??? Like the United States itself, this place will be ‘hotter’ than ever!

· Donald TrumpTrump proposed renaming the waterway in a social-media post cited by the White House.

The White House soon followed with the map and the comment, “It sounds pretty good.” The proposal continues a series of geographic renaming efforts since Trump returned to the White House. In August, he posted a map describing the strait as new U.S. territory and repeatedly said Washington had the right to control the waterway. On his first day back in office in January 2025, he changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. The following week, he signed an order renaming Canada’s Lake Ontario as American Lake amid trade tensions with Ottawa. Mexico and Canada have not recognized the new names.

It sounds pretty good.

· White HouseThe White House added the comment to its map labeling the waterway the “Trump Strait”.

The latest proposal came as the war with Iran entered its sixth month without signs of ending. Tehran had effectively blockaded the Strait of Hormuz, through which about one-fifth of the world’s oil passes, in response to a war launched by the United States and Israel in late February.

Tensions rose after U.S. forces carried out a new attack near the strait on Sept. 1, sending oil prices higher again. Trump said the next day that the military campaign against Iran would not last “too long”. He said the United States had destroyed a missile Iran was developing to deploy sea mines, along with radar equipment and missiles Tehran was trying to restore along the strait. “That was a very powerful attack last night, and we are ready to launch another attack at any time we want,” Trump said.

That was a very powerful attack last night, and we are ready to launch another attack at any time we want.

· Donald TrumpTrump described the latest U.S. strike near the strait and threatened further attacks.
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Originally published by Tuổi Trẻ in Vietnamese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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