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The Rest of the World Report | August 17, 2026 — Evening Edition
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THE WHITE FLAG DEMAND
On Friday, President Trump told a crowd on Long Island that he would soon declare the Strait of Hormuz “a territory of the United States.” He said it with a chuckle. Iran’s deputy foreign minister posted a rebuttal on X, saying the strait “cannot be seized by tweet, nor by aircraft carrier.”
That exchange set the tone for what came…
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