Trump Declares Hormuz "US Territory," Asks Americans to Absorb Gas Prices

🛢️ HORMUZ — He's asking the public to pay for a territorial claim he can't legally make. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Declaring Hormuz "US territory" has no basis in UNCLOS or any US law — it's a political signal, not a legal instrument. The real effect: it frames any Iranian action in the strait as an attack on sovereign US soil, lowering the threshold for escalatory response. Asking Americans to accept higher gas prices signals the blockade runs longer than SPR reserves can cushion.