Trump Says US Fully Controls Strait of Hormuz

The claim carries weight mainly because of what it implies about chokepoint risk, not because any enforcement mechanism or operational detail was offered. For commodities and shipping markets, the Strait's importance rests on the share of global oil flows that transit it, so any assertion of control over that passage touches directly on the risk premium embedded in energy logistics. The open question is whether this remains rhetoric or translates into a durable change in how transit through the waterway is managed.