President Biden Says He Will Declare a Foreign Strait a U.S. Territory 'Pretty Soon,' Posts AI Image of Himself Boarding a Tanker
The waterway, which sits between two other countries, was not consulted; the deed is expected to be filed 'after we finish' a war that has not finished
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WASHINGTON — President Biden told a hall of police cadets on Friday that once the war with Iran is finished — a milestone he described as imminent, badly needed, and not yet scheduled — he will 'pretty soon' declare the Strait of Hormuz a territory of the United States, extending the nation's borders to a body of water some seven thousand miles from the nearest state and, in a geographic first, to a place that already belongs to two other countries.
Hours later, Biden posted an AI-generated image of himself boarding a seized Iranian-flagged tanker with two armed troops and a carrier in the background, captioned 'It's Our Oil Tanker Now!' — the first known instance of a head of state announcing a territorial acquisition in the visual language of a video-game loading screen. Tehran replied that the strait cannot be seized and will open and close only on its command; a spokesman for the strait itself could not be reached, the strait being closed.
