Overview
- Trump, speaking at a Saudi‑backed investment forum in Miami on Friday, joked that Iran must open the “Strait of Trump” before adding that there are “no accidents” in his remarks.
- Iran’s Consulate in Hyderabad mocked the line on X, posting a map that placed a fictitious “Strait of Trump” next to Jeffrey Epstein’s island.
- Mediaite reported that Trump reenacted a call with Mexico’s president in a foreign accent and claimed he had renamed the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America,” a boast also noted by India Today.
- The waterway at issue, the Strait of Hormuz, carries roughly a fifth of the world’s oil and its disruption has squeezed supply and pushed fuel prices higher, according to coverage citing regional output cuts.
- Some outlets report officials privately floated renaming or asserting U.S. control over the strait, but there is no confirmed policy move to change its name or formally seize control.