Iran said the Strait of Hormuz will remain under its control after President Trump said he wanted to make the waterway a U.S. territory. Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi wrote on X that the strait would be closed and opened only under Iran’s command and said Iran would continue to enforce the blockade unless what he called the reality of defeat was accepted. Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority separately said the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked and will not be reopened until Iran’s conditions are accepted. The source also says Oman and Iran share jurisdiction over the strategic waterway, a major global oil shipping chokepoint (narrow route for tanker traffic). Separately, the source notes that Katie Miller’s podcast has become a prominent platform for GOP members under Trump, featuring interviews with cabinet officials and other figures in the president’s inner circle.