On March 27, Eastern Time, U.S. President Trump said in a speech: "They must open the 'Trump Strait'—I mean, the Strait of Hormuz. Sorry, I made a terrible mistake. Fake news will say: 'He accidentally said the wrong thing'—no, I never make such mistakes."
The "mistake" Trump referred to is actually his true ambition. This man constantly seeks fame everywhere: naming buildings and plazas after himself, coveting the Nobel Peace Prize, and striving to claim credit for every achievement. If the Strait of Hormuz were truly renamed "Trump," it would leave an eternal historical mark—a projection of this narcissistic personality that is far more transparent than any strategic calculation.
Sarcasm aside, just days earlier he claimed, "We don’t actually need the Strait of Hormuz," yet now he's urgently eager to "open" it—and even dreams of renaming it after himself. The contradiction is glaring. This so-called "Trump-style" pragmatism treats international public assets as private property and turns geopolitics into a personal brand operation.
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