Trump threatens to declare strait of Hormuz ‘territory of the United States’
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Trump threatens to declare strait of Hormuz ‘territory of the United States’

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The Guardian14 agosto 2026Visualizza Sorgente

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Donald Trump a menacé de déclarer le détroit d'Ormuz un territoire des États-Unis.

Donald Trump threatened to declare the Strait of Hormuz a territory of the United States.

a→hasmenacé→threatenedde→todéclarer→declaredétroit→straitOrmuz→Hormuzterritoire→territoryÉtats-Unis→United States
Il a fait cette annonce pendant un discours à New York vendredi dernier.

He made this announcement during a speech in New York last Friday.

fait→madecette→thisannonce→announcementpendant→duringdiscours→speechà→invendredi→Fridaydernier→last
Le président a parlé devant des élèves d'une académie de police.

The president spoke before students of a police academy.

président→presidentparlé→spokedevant→beforeélèves→studentsacadémie→academy
Le détroit d'Ormuz est un passage très important pour le commerce mondial.

The Strait of Hormuz is a very important passage for world trade.

détroit→straitOrmuz→Hormuzest→istrès→verypour→forcommerce→trademondial→world/global
Environ un cinquième du pétrole mondial passe par cet endroit chaque jour.

About one-fifth of the world's oil passes through this place every day.

Environ→Aboutcinquième→fifthpétrole→oilmondial→world/globalpasse→passespar→throughcet→thisendroit→placechaque→everyjour→day
Cette menace arrive alors que les États-Unis ont des tensions avec l'Iran.

This threat arrives while the United States has tensions with Iran.

Cette→Thismenace→threatarrive→arrivesalors que→while/asÉtats-Unis→United Statesont→haveavec→with
Donald Trump a dit qu'il ferait cette déclaration très bientôt.

Donald Trump said that he would make this declaration very soon.

dit→saidque→thatferait→would makecette→thisdéclaration→declarationtrès→verybientôt→soon
Les experts ne savent pas si cette idée est une position officielle.

Experts do not know if this idea is an official position.

ne→notsavent→knowpas→notsi→ifcette→thisidée→ideaest→isofficielle→official
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Parole e frasi chiave di questo articolo
menacer
to threaten
"Il a menacé de partir si on ne l'écoutait pas."
détroit
strait
"Le détroit de Gibraltar sépare l'Europe de l'Afrique."
pétrole
oil / petroleum
"Le prix du pétrole augmente cette année."
pendant
during
"Il a plu pendant tout le week-end."
bientôt
soon
"Le train va bientôt arriver en gare."
officielle
official
"C'est la version officielle de l'histoire."
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