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Motorists ride past an anti-US billboard referring to President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz, installed on a building at the Valiasr Square in Tehran on May 2, 2026. AFP/File

Motorists ride past an anti-US billboard referring to President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz, installed on a building at the Valiasr Square in Tehran on May 2, 2026. A senior Iranian military officer said on May 2 that renewed fighting between the US and Iran was "likely", hours after President Donald Trump said he was "not satisfied" with a new Iranian negotiating proposal. (Photo by AFP) /

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Agence France-Presse

<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1786552839018AFP__20260502__A9LP6Y3__v3__MidRes__TopshotIranUsIsraelWar.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960" alt="Motorists ride past an anti-US billboard referring to President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz, installed on a building at the Valiasr Square in Tehran on May 2, 2026. AFP/File"/>Motorists ride past an anti-US billboard referring to President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz, installed on a building at the Valiasr Square in Tehran on May 2, 2026. AFP/File</div>WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States is in control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz and will &quot;keep it.&quot;&quot;The U.S.A. has total control over the Strait of Hormuz. I THINK WE WILL KEEP IT!&quot; Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. &quot;Our Naval Blockade is being called, by everyone, &#x27;A WALL OF STEEL,&#x27; and there is nothing Iran can do about it.&quot;Trump has repeatedly claimed the United States controls the strait, which is vital for the flow of energy and other commodity shipping through the Middle East.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/8/12/why-the-middle-east-war-still-convulses-the-oil-market-0757">READ: Why the Middle East war still convulses the oil market</a></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2026/8/11/oil-prices-rise-further-as-hopes-for-hormuz-deal-fade-1508">READ: Oil prices rise further as hopes for Hormuz deal fade</a></div>However, Iran says it effectively controls much of the waterway and intends to impose a toll system in response to the US war launched by Trump on February 28.Late Tuesday, Trump told reporters: &quot;We have total control over the Hormuz Strait right now. They don&#x27;t have control. We have total control. We own it.&quot;US and Israeli forces have heavily bombed Iran&#x27;s military and killed a swath of the country&#x27;s leadership so far in the nearly six month war, launched initially with goals including forcing Tehran to abandon its nuclear power program and regime change.Iran has resisted with missile attacks on US bases in the region, Israel and targets in US-allied Gulf countries.Its most effective response has been to strike shipping in Hormuz, effectively snarling the trade route, rattling the world economy.With his political popularity sinking at home ahead of the November midterm congressional elections, Trump has backed off threats to escalate the war in search of a decisive victory.That leaves the war in a standoff.However, the Republican says that the United States is prepared to focus on blockading Iranian ports in a strategy that he told Axios was &quot;low-keying.&quot;&quot;We are only semi-negotiating with them. We are just watching Iran with its huge inflation and the fact they have no money,&quot; Trump told Axios on Sunday.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States is in control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz and will "keep it."

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States is in control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz and will "keep it."

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Trump says US will 'keep' Hormuz strait control

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Published August 13, 2026 12:42 AM PHT

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