US President
Donald Trump sparked an international firestorm on Friday by announcing his
intention to designate the Strait of Hormuz as a United States territory “pretty
soon”.
During a
speech at a New York police academy, he characterized the ongoing war - which
ignited on 28 February - as a game of “chess” while claiming that the US
military is dealing Iran a severe defeat.
Trump
asserted his authority over the vital global chokepoint, which handles one-fifth
of the world’s oil and...