Trump claims US has 'total control' over Strait of Hormuz

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US President Donald Trump has claimed that the United States is in control of the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reports.

“The US has total control over the Strait of Hormuz. I think we will keep it!” he writes on Truth Social. “Our Naval Blockade is being called, by everyone, a wall of steel, and there is nothing Iran can do about it.”

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