Although Trump claimed to have a few American allies who have committed to sending ships to help open the Strait of Hormuz, all of America’s traditional allies have done so as well. Trump has rejectedAfter demanding that they join the war to help.
NBC News reported about some rejections:
In Britain, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been criticized by Trump for not participating in the first attack on Iran.
Starmer told a press conference on Monday that he was “working with all our allies, including our European partners”, to “restore freedom of navigation as quickly as possible”.
“Ultimately, we must reopen the Strait of Hormuz to ensure market stability,” he said. “That is not an easy task.”
But Starmer made it clear that he would not be drawn into ‘the wider war’, and that any Hormuz mission would have to be a wider effort – including the US and Gulf states – rather than something for NATO.
Meanwhile, Japan and Australia said they had no plans to send ships to fulfill Trump’s request.
In a Truth Social post, Trump claimed something like he would never want NATO help anyway, but it was the Senate’s top warmonger in the Middle East, Senator Lindsey Graham, who became enraged by X.
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