# ‘WE OWN IT’: Trump says US has ‘TOTAL CONTROL’ over Hormuz

https://mins.news/en/video/20466

- Fox News, 2026-08-12 17:15 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNe4PHOOtyA

> Donald Trump says the United States has “total control” over the Strait of Hormuz. Former CIA chief of station Dan Hoffman examines escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran around the waterway. Hoffman also describes a secret security swap in Turkey after threats to Air Force One. The report presents Trump’s declaration alongside the wider confrontation involving the U.S. and Iran.

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