---Earlier:---Trump says the US "owns" Hormuz, which would be news to the tankers still avoiding it. The most striking claim came on the status of the Strait of Hormuz itself. Trump said the United States currently has total control over the waterway, insisting that Iran does not have control and that the US effectively owns it. He added that Iran might eventually attempt something, in which case they would get blown away, but characterised the US as sitting in a very good position right now. Those comments land oddly against the broader news flow of the past several days.