Washington, Aug. 18 -- Continuing his assertions of claiming control over the world's most critical oil transit bottleneck, the Strait of Hormuz, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) shared an AI-generated image of the waterway being labelled as "New US Territory."

The image shared by Trump on his Truth Social Platform, depicts a blue map of the waterway between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula, with the Strait of Hormuz circled inside a frame reading "NEW U.S. Territory" in bold lettering.

The post further escalates his administration's claims of control over the strategic energy choke point amid ongoing tensions with Iran.

Trump made similar remarks on Monday (local time), asserting that Washington DC has "total control" i...