At an event in Garden City, New York, President Trump said that after defeating Iran he would declare the Strait of Hormuz a territory of the United States ('We have the blockade. No ships get through unless we want them to'), alongside vows to hit Iran hard economically. The remark came as ceasefire negotiations floundered.
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