US President Donald Trump made a gaffe that went viral this Friday when he referred to the Strait of Hormuz as the 'Strait of Trump'. The strait, located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula, is vital for global oil transport. 'We are negotiating, and it would be important that we could do something to open it, but it is they (the Iranians) who must open the Strait of Trump, I mean the Strait of Hormuz... Sorry, it was a terrible mistake,' the president stated during a speech organized by Saudi investors in Miami. Trump also pointed out that 'fake news will say that he (Trump) said it by accident.' 'There are no accidents with me, not too many,' he dismissed, suggesting his expression was not intentional. The Strait of Hormuz is vital for oil transportation, but for now, due to the armed conflict, US vessels and their allies are barred from passing, causing significant paralysis in the area. Furthermore, in several posts on social media X on Friday, Trump reaffirmed that his country's forces 'annihilated Iran's military capability' amid the conflict that also involves Israel and other Middle Eastern nations. According to Noticias Argentinas, the president celebrated the favorable course of the war and stated that 'we will never allow the world's main sponsor of terrorism (referring to Iran) to obtain nuclear weapons.' 'The Armed Forces of the United States, the most powerful in the world, annihilated Iran's military capability with force and precision, with skill, as the world had never seen before,' added Trump.
