Trump mocked after floating new name for Strait of Hormuz
President Donald Trump is facing mockery after floating the idea of renaming the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important shipping lanes, after himself – or the United States.
At an investor forum in Miami Friday night, Trump referred to the waterway as the “Strait of Trump” before correcting himself and insisting the remark was intentional.
“Excuse me, I’m so sorry. Such a terrible mistake,” Trump said to the crowd. “The Fake News will say, ‘He accidentally said.’ No, there’s no accidents with me.”
The Daily Beast reported Friday that Trump has also privately discussed rebranding the vital global oil corridor as the “Strait of America” if the United States were to help wrest control of it from Iran.
The waterway has become a major flashpoint in the MAGA administration’s escalating conflict with Tehran, which has disrupted shipping and helped send oil and gas prices higher.
One administration official told the New York Post that the U.S. is “taking the Strait back” and questioned why it should still be called Hormuz if Washington ends up policing it.
But even some Trump allies appear uneasy with the idea. A former administration official told the Post that Trump’s self-promotion while in the White House is “getting tiresome and tacky,” and risks “tarnishing his legacy.”