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“At the end of this exercise, the U.S. has naval control of the Strait of Hormuz, an international waterway, and the U.S. says we’re going to hold on to it — maybe with friends, maybe not, because it’s an international waterway. We believe in freedom of navigation. That’s international law,” he said in an interview on Monday. “So at that point, President Donald Trump can say to [Chinese President Xi Jinping], ‘We’re now in control of the Strait of Hormuz. You can count on us. We’re going to keep it open. We know how important it is, really, to you,…