Trump publishes map of Strait of Hormuz, referring to it as "Trump Strait"
US President Donald Trump sparked a wide controversy on April 30, 2026, after he published a modified map of the Strait of Hormuz on his platform "Truth Social", in which the waterway appeared under the name "Strait of Trump", in a move that was considered a symbolic message in light of the escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran.
The map that Trump republished included the use of the name "Persian Gulf" instead of "Persian Gulf," which drew attention due to the sensitivity of the name in the region, and this move came after Trump had previously used terms such as "Iran Strait" or "Iranian Strait of Hormuz," before jokingly hinting in previous statements that it could be named after him.
Trump did not attach any comment to the map, but its publication came at a time of escalating geopolitical tensions and the continuation of the US naval blockade imposed on Iranian exports in the Strait of Hormuz, which observers considered a symbolic step in the context of the ongoing confrontation between Washington and Tehran over the security of global waterways.
Previous Statements and Media Introduction
Days before the map was published, Trump said in an interview with Fox Business that he had previously proposed the idea of naming the strait after him, but noted that the idea had faced criticism, comparing it to his previous attempt to name the Gulf of Mexico "America's Bay."
The map published by Trump turned out to have been originally created by a pro-Trump account called IStandWithTrump47, before the US president reshared it without modification.
53 percent of Americans: Our country ignores the interests of others
A poll conducted in the United States showed that the percentage of those who believe that "U.S. foreign policy ignores the interests of other countries" is at an all-time high, at 53 percent.
The U.S.-based Pew Research Center conducted the survey between March 23 and 29 with the participation of more than 3,500 people, and published its results on its website on Tuesday.
Respondents answered a question about "the extent to which the United States takes the interests of other countries into account when making its foreign policy decisions."
According to the results of the survey, 53 percent of those who believe that U.S. foreign policy ignores the interests of other countries reached 53 percent, the first time it has reached this level, and this percentage reached 27 percent in 2023, during the term of former US President Joe Biden (2021-2025)