Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a supporter of President Donald Trump, shared a post on X stating that "thermonuclear detonations" could create a new waterway as disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz continue amid the Iran war. "Instead of fighting over a 21-mile-wide bottleneck forever, we cut a new channel through friendly territory. A dozen thermonuclear detonations and you've got a waterway wider than the Panama Canal, deeper than the Suez, and safe from Iranian attacks," Gingrich said on X Sunday, appearing to quote a satirical Substack article, which he linked in the post.