Brian Schwartz, a Wall Street Journal reporter, in an X post cited a senior White House official saying Donald Trump, the U.S. president, was joking when he said the United States would declare the Strait of Hormuz U.S. territory after a war with Iran.

Brian Schwartz, a Wall Street Journal reporter, wrote in an X post citing a senior White House official that Donald Trump, the U.S. president, was joking when he said the United States would declare the Strait of Hormuz U.S. territory after a war with Iran. According to the official, Trump did not discuss such a move with his advisers.

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