On the afternoon of August 14, local time, during a speech at an event in Garden City, New York, US President Trump urged Americans to “accept higher gasoline prices” as “the price needed to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.” Trump also said, “After we defeat Iran... soon I will declare the Strait of Hormuz as US territory.” The seriousness of his remarks is still unclear.

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