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President at rally in South Carolina makes comments on key strategic waterway and jokes about bombing Iran

United States President Donald Trump has insisted that his military remains in control of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, and suggested this past week that the US might even seek to take charge of the territory

Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, August 17, 2026. See all topics

A ship was hit by a projectile early Tuesday as it was sailing out of the Strait of Hormuz, according to the British military’s UK Maritime Trade Operations center

Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz slowed to a halt over the weekend ahead of the expiry date of the 60-day ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran on Monday, with no official negotiations or deal in sight

China has established the first scheduled transit through the northern sea route, but questions remain over the environmental and political risks

The International Chamber of Shipping’s John Stawpert discusses the impact the Iran war is having on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump on Friday said he would designate the Strait of Hormuz a territory of the United States “pretty soon” as the status of the waterway, a global chokepoint through which a fifth of global oil and gas passes, remains under a military and diplomatic deadlock

Iran called on the U.S. to ​accept defeat on Saturday, while President Donald Trump blasted Tehran as “very evil” and told Americans to prepare for continued high fuel prices as a result of the war

Seriousness of remark made in New York on Friday, and whether it signaled new policy ​position, not clear