Trump's recurring illusion about the Strait of Hormuz Donald Trump, the President of the United States of America, at the Republican Party convention in Ohio and on the eve of the mid-term congressional elections, claimed again that the name of the Strait of Hormuz should be changed to "Trump's Strait". The American president also claimed that more oil now passes through the Strait of Hormuz than seven months ago. According to him, after the end of the conflict with Iran, the prices of gasoline and oil will rise.