US president Donald Trump on Friday winkingly referred to the Strait of Hormuz, the critical oil shipping route and a key choke point in the Iran war, as “Strait of Hormuz.”While speaking at the Future Investment Initiative in Miami Trump said, “Iran has to ‘open up the Strait of Trump, I mean, Hormuz,’” Trump said prompting laughter from the audience.He followed it up by saying, “Excuse me.
I’m so sorry.
Such a terrible mistake,” before adding, “The fake news will say, ‘He accidentally said’, No, there’s no accidents with me, not too many.
If there were, we’d have a major story.”The comment comes at a time when the Strait of Hormuz, a key global oil transit route, has become central to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
The waterway typically handles the movement of nearly 20 million barrels of oil per day, making it one of the world’s most critical energy chokepoints.Iran’s ability to disrupt or block access through the strait....
