Trump says he will declare Strait of Hormuz a US territory

President Trump claimed during remarks on Long Island, N.Y., on Friday that he will make the Strait of Hormuz a U.S. territory, despite the fact that Oman and Iran share jurisdiction of the waterway. "Pretty soon, I will be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States," Trump said during an address highlighting his administration's efforts to combat crime in the U.S. Trump did not elaborate on how he would make the critical shipping lane a U.S. territory, considering the U.S. does not have jurisdiction over the waterway. The Strait of Hormuz is located between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Iran is on the strait's north coast while Oman is on its south coast. Roughly 20 percent of the world's oil and gas flows through the shipping lane. The U.S. war with Iran and subsequent closure of the strait has led to a spike in energy prices across the globe. Trump has said since the conflict started roughly six months ago that the U.S. has controlled the strait. He deployed a U.S. naval blockade in the strait twice, claiming U.S. supremacy over the transit of oil exports from the region. Iran has pushed back on Trump's claims that the U.S. controls the waterway. In a post on the social platform X on Wednesday, Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority said that whoever owns it does "not change the reality: the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked and will not be reopened until Iran's conditions are accepted."