US President Donald Trump proposed on Wednesday in a Truth Social post that the Strait of Hormuz be renamed after himself. The suggestion comes less than a week after Trump signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake of the United States" amid escalating tensions with Canada.

"Now that we have it under US control, should we rename the Strait of Hormuz to 'Trump Strait'??" Trump wrote in his Wednesday morning post. "Like America itself, it will be 'hotter' than ever! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President Donald J. Trump."

It remains unclear how Trump would attempt to change the name of the strait, which lies far from US shores. The earlier executive order renaming Lake Ontario directed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and his department to update the new name in the Geographic Names Information System. Canada has rejected the change, though Google and Apple have recently updated their respective maps.

Early in his second term, Trump also announced the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America," a change similarly rejected by Mexico and other international partners. The US borders Lake Ontario and the Gulf of Mexico, both names having been in use for centuries.

It is likewise unclear whether Trump's latest proposal to rename an international geographic feature is serious. When asked at the White House on Wednesday afternoon whether he genuinely intends to rename the strait, Trump suggested he was not serious. "No, no... just off the cuff," Trump said.

Trump and his administration have repeatedly insisted that Iran has lost control of the Strait of Hormuz, which carried one-fifth of global oil trade before the war broke out in late February. Shipping through the waterway, however, remains well below pre-war levels, with vessel tracking firms reporting that traffic has declined further in recent weeks as military strikes in the region resumed after a pause.

The Trump administration claims that when accounting for pipelines in Saudi Arabia and the UAE that bypass the Strait of Hormuz, total regional oil exports are now higher than pre-war levels. US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Wednesday that over 17 million barrels of oil passed through the strait on Monday, setting a wartime daily record. Before the conflict began on February 28, roughly 20 million barrels of crude and refined products transited the strait daily.