Trump floats renaming Strait of Hormuz after himself
President Trump on Wednesday floated changing the name of the Strait of Hormuz to the Trump Strait, despite the waterway not having a single owner. “Now that we have it under U.S.A. control, should we change the name Hormuz Strait to TRUMP STRAIT??? Like America itself, it would be ‘hotter’ than ever before!” Trump wrote…
The Hill3 sources
Published by CurrentWire · First coverage · Latest coverage
Compiled by CurrentWire News Desk
Summary based on reporting from CNBC, The Hill and France 24.
Coverage at a glance
- First observed by CurrentWire: France 24 · Sep 2, 2026 at 11:37 AM ET
- Coverage span: 26 min
- Coverage: 3 reports from 3 independent publications
- Coverage growth: 1 → 3 publications in 12h 21m
In this story
Automated coverage analysis
Generated automatically from the coverage listed on this page. CurrentWire adds no editorial claims.
Coverage
3 publications are covering this story.
Excerpts are the summaries each publisher distributes with its own feed, shortened and attributed.
CNBCTier B
Trump floats renaming Strait of Hormuz the 'Trump Strait'(opens original report in a new tab)U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNBC that more than 17 million barrels of oil transited the strait on Monday, a new wartime record. — CNBC
The HillTier B
Trump floats renaming Strait of Hormuz after himself(opens original report in a new tab)France 24Tier B
🔴 Live: Trump suggests renaming Hormuz 'Trump Strait'(opens original report in a new tab)
How coverage developed
Story updateHeadline updated
First report from France 24
Story updateHeadline updated
Reported by The Hill
Reported by CNBC
Story updateHeadline updated
Story updateCNBC joined coverage
Story updateThe Hill joined coverage
Story updateCoverage went from 1 to 3 sources
How CurrentWire compiled this story
The Hill (thehill.com), a Tier B publisher, filed this report on . CurrentWire published this page on .
Signal breakdown
CurrentWire ranked this story 81 of 100 in the snapshot this page was rendered from.
- Freshness
- 30.9 of 35
- Source authority
- 14 of 20
- Coverage breadth
- 11.1 of 20
- Geographic relevance
- 10 of 10
- Story prominence
- 10 of 10
- Velocity
- 5 of 5
Strongest signal: geographic relevance, 10 of 10. How each signal is calculated.
Filed under Politics · United States · News. Topics extracted from this report, with other live CurrentWire stories mentioning each: Energy (12), United States (88).
CurrentWire is a news discovery platform. This page summarizes and links to original reporting; full articles, imagery and copyright remain with the publishers listed above.