Donald Trump has trolled Iran by declaring the Strait of Hormuz a ‘new US territory’, prompting a furious threat from Tehran.
The US President shared a map on Truth Social showing the narrow waterway with the words ‘NEW U.S. TERRITORY’ written across it.
The bizarre image showed a large blue circle around the strait, which connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and is one of the world’s most important shipping routes.
Iranian deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi hit back by reposting Trump’s map and warning that Tehran would ‘correct’ the US President’s ‘delusions’.
He wrote: ‘Just as Trump correctly wrote the
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