Trump threatens to claim Strait of Hormuz as US territory

Trump declared he will "pretty soon" designate the Strait of Hormuz — through which roughly a fifth of the world's seaborne oil passes — as US territory, as ceasefire negotiations with Iran stall. The remark, made at a Long Island police academy on Friday, raises the stakes on a waterway that has sat at the centre of the US-Iran conflict. The White House has not clarified whether the threat represents actual policy.