It wasn\u2019t the first time Trump referred to the vital Middle Eastern passageway as the \u2018Strait of Trump\u2019. President Donald Trump has found something else he seems to want to slap his name on: The Strait of Hormuz. The 79-year-old president reshared what appeared to be an AI-generated map on Truth Social Wednesday night, showing the shipping route between Iran and Oman labeled as the \u201cStrait of Trump.\u201d The vital route typically sees over 20 million barrels of petroleum and crude oil \u2014 roughly 25 percent of the world\u2019s maritime oil trade \u2014 pass through each day. However, amid Trump\u2019s war with Iran, the passageway has largely been closed off, prompting a global oil shortage and the price of Brent crude oil to surge past $125 a barrel on Thursday. That has resulted in an average gas price across the U.S. of $4.30 a gallon on Wednesday, according to AAA. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a frequent troll of Trump, mocked the idea on X, writing, \u201cCrude oil is now at $120\/barrel and climbing. Americans are paying higher and higher prices. Why won\u2019t President Trump open the Strait of Trump!?\u201d The president did not explicitly say he wants to rename the vital passageway after himself. Still, in comments made in March, he seemed to deliberately refer to the passageway as the \u201cStrait of Trump.\u201d \u201cThey have to open it up. They have to open up the Strait of Trump. I mean, Hormuz,\u201d he said. \u201cExcuse me, I\u2019m so sorry. Such a terrible mistake.\u201d \u201cFake News will say \u2018he accidentally said.\u2019 No. There\u2019s no accidents with me, not too many. If there were, we’d have a major story,\u201d he added. The president is known to have a penchant for putting his name on whatever he can. Before taking office, Trump put his name on real estate, golf courses, vodka, steaks, bottled water \u2014 and even his own university. Since the start of his second term, Trump has put his name on numerous government properties, including the Kennedy Center and the U.S. Institute of Peace. He has also added his name to money, monuments and military equipment, and has plans to build \u201cTrump-Class Battleships.\u201d In January, Trump floated the idea that Congress would rename both New York\u2019s Penn Station and Washington\u2019s Dulles International Airport after him. This month, Florida lawmakers passed a bill that would rename Palm Beach International Airport after Trump, costing a whopping $5.5 million. There is also a planned limited-run U.S. passport featuring a portrait of Trump, along with the Declaration of Independence, ahead of the country\u2019s 250th anniversary. Similarly, last fall, national park passes were redesigned to include a portrait of Trump alongside George Washington. The passes, which stood in place of the National Park Service\u2019s usual landscape images, triggered a lawsuit and a social media movement to put stickers over Trump\u2019s face. The president’s signature will also reportedly be featured on U.S. paper currency to mark the country\u2019s 250th birthday. It would be the first time in 165 years that a sitting president\u2019s name appeared on American currency. Trump has also added his name to numerous government programs, including TrumpRx, a government-run website allowing Americans to access lower-priced prescription drugs. The administration also created Trump Accounts under the \u201cOne Big Beautiful Bill.\u201d Trump Accounts are investment accounts for American children born between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2028, featuring a $1,000 federal contribution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It wasn\u2019t the first time Trump referred to the vital Middle Eastern passageway as the \u2018Strait of Trump\u2019. President Donald Trump has found something else he seems to want to slap his name on: The Strait of Hormuz. The 79-year-old president reshared what appeared to be an AI-generated map on Truth Social Wednesday night, showing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}