Trump Suggests Renaming Strait of Hormuz the 'Trump Strait' Amid Renewed Iran Hostilities
"Like America itself, it would be ‘hotter’ than ever before," Trump said, as he floated the idea.

President Donald Trump has joked about possibly renaming another natural feature after recently declaring that Lake Ontario would be henceforth known as "Lake America."On Wednesday, the official account for the Trump White House posted a statement from the president offering a new name for the Strait of Hormuz.'We hit them very hard last night. We took out…
"Like America itself, it would be ‘hotter’ than ever before," Trump said, as he floated the idea.
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNBC that more than 17 million barrels of oil transited the strait on Monday, a wartime record.
The president claims that the strait is “under USA control,” but that assertion is widely disputed.
President Trump on Wednesday floated changing the name of the Strait of Hormuz to the Trump Strait, despite the waterway not having a single owner. “Now that we have it under U.S.A. control, should we change the name Hormuz Strait to TRUMP STRAIT??? Like America itself, it would be ‘hotter’ than ever before!” Trump wrote…