Trump again claims “the Strait of Hormuz is U.S. territory” - 경향신문
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U.S. President Donald Trump leaves the stage after delivering a speech at a campaign rally in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on the 21st (local time). PhotooGetty Images BankoAFP|Yonhap News
On the 21st (local time), U.S. President Donald Trump once again claimed that the Strait of Hormuz is U.S. territory.
According to reports by foreign media including the UK newspaper the Guardian, in a speech in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, that day, President Trump said, “Iran is desperate to make a deal, but we don’t even know if we want a deal,” and added, “because I currently regard the Strait of Hormuz as U.S. territory.”
He also made joking remarks about bombing Iran later in the speech. President Trump asked, “What on earth are we supposed to do? Should we go back to Iran and bomb more?”
President Trump has repeatedly stated that the Strait of Hormuz is ‘U.S. territory’. On the 14th, he said, “We will soon declare the Strait of Hormuz U.S. territory,” and on the 18th, he posted on his social media (Truth Social) a map of the Strait of Hormuz labeled ‘new U.S. territory’.
These remarks are interpreted as intended to reinforce the claim that the United States effectively controls the Strait of Hormuz.
President Trump’s on-site visit was made to support candidate Darlene Graham ahead of the runoff on the 25th to select the Republican nominee for South Carolina’s U.S. Senate seat. Candidate Graham is the younger sister of the late former U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, one of President Trump’s closest allies.
In his speech that day, President Trump appealed to voters to support the Republican Party in the midterm elections this November. He said, “If the name ‘Trump’ is not on the ballot, what I really want to ask you is to think as if I were on the ballot and just come out and vote.”
He also warned that if the Republicans lose, “you will lose everything, and I will have to go through impeachment,” and condemned the Democrats as “crazy people” and “vicious and violent people.” President Trump continued his ideological offensive against the Democrats, saying, “In November we will crush the radical Democrats at the polls and root out communism in America once and for all.”
