President Donald Trump on Friday said the U.S. has effectively blockaded the Strait of Hormuz and declared that he will soon move to make the strategic waterway "essentially" a territory of the United States.

The press traveling with President Donald Trump from Turkey to Britain last month were left in the dark about the extraordinary operation that secretly removed the president from Air Force One and whisked him to another plane due to a perceived threat from Iran, an episode first reported by The Washington Post.