US President Donald Trump has announced he will rename the Strait of Hormuz after himself, telling crowds on the first night of the Republican Party's midterm convention in Dallas that he should 'get something out of it'.
The President made the declaration during his keynote address at the Texas convention, where he claimed America now controls the strategically vital waterway despite near-daily attacks on ships still occurring in the Strait.
Announcement at Texas convention
At the Texas convention, Trump said: "We're winning [the war in Iran]. We control the Hormuz Strait. I think we should call the Hormuz Strait the 'Trump Strait'. I should get something out of it."
An apparent fan of his own idea, he repeated it to the gathered crowds: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have an announcement: We'll call it the Trump Strait."
"I'm sure the Iranian leadership will be thrilled with that," he joked, as laughter could be heard ringing out around him. Trump continued: "I'd like to tell you it was their idea. It was not their idea, don't think they're too happy about [the situation]."
Previous suggestions and map posts
Although Trump played his 'Trump Strait' idea off as if he had come up with it on the spot, it is not the first time the US President has made the suggestion. Last Wednesday, Trump said much the same thing on Truth Social, his preferred social media platform.
He wrote in last week's post: "Now that we have it under USA control, should we change the name Hormuz Strait to TRUMP STRAIT???"
"Like America itself, it would be 'hotter' than ever before!"
The Strait of Hormuz was named after the medieval Kingdom of Hormuz, which existed in the 13th century. But it is not the first time Trump has disregarded history books and international opinion as he continues to rename places either after himself or after the United States of America.
In another social media post that ruffled feathers across the North Atlantic, days ago Trump shared an image of a revised map of the US. The captionless post, shared to Truth Social, bore an AI-generated map with the Star-Spangled Banner draped across the 'USA', which included Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Mexico, and thirty or so Central American and Caribbean nations as part of the United States.
The controversial post referenced previous comments by Trump on making Canada the 51st state of the US, his repeated musings about taking over Greenland, and more. Iceland, a European nation 180 miles away from Greenland, was also included in Trump's 'dream map'. Trump has mistakenly named Iceland on four separate occasions while speaking about his designs on Greenland.
International response and other renaming efforts
Iceland's Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir summoned US Ambassador Billy Long to her office on Monday to "convey a clear message that the image was wholly inappropriate," as per a statement.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum all issued furious statements in response to Trump's social media map.
In another social media moment, the US President looked inward to his own nation by suggesting the state of New Mexico be renamed to "New America". Prior to that, Trump issued an executive order to demand mapmakers change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, "effective immediately", as his trade war with Canada continues.
Back in January 2025, the US President signed an executive order on his first day back in office to officially rename the US portion of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America".
Trump Dividend pledge
Trump defended imposing sweeping tariffs on US trade partners during his address at the Republican Convention in Dallas on Wednesday night, insisting that the economic turmoil would be worth it. As well as defending the war in Iran in his keynote speech, the US President made a pledge in an attempt to snatch votes for his party at the midterms.
The US President pledged to pay every adult American $5,000 (£3,691) if his party retains its control of both chambers of Congress after November, with the only caveat being that the cash must be spent on US soil.
"It will be called the Trump Dividend," he said.
He provided no detail on how such a plan would be implemented. Economists and political analysts have already dubbed the Trump Dividend as both financially and politically implausible, as it would require a withdrawal of more than one trillion dollars (£738.3 billion) from America's coffers to pay it out.
