Trump dismisses allies as he seeks to secure the Strait of Hormuz: ‘We don’t need them’
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President Donald Trump does not appear to regret his more adversarial strategy toward allies, even as many resist his calls for help with the Strait of Hormuz.
Instead, more than two weeks into his war against Iran, Trump is portraying the resistance as proof of his point that the world is overreliant on the U.S. and that he should put “America First,” particularly considering the world will reap the rewards if the U.S. can assert control over the strait.
“For 40 years, we’re protecting you, and you don’t want to get involved in something that is very minor?” the president asked Monday during the public portion of lunch with Trump-Kennedy Center Board members at the White House.
Trump’s comments on Monday come after he proposed last weekend a seven-member coalition, including the likes of China, France, Japan, South Korea, and the United Kingdom, to help the U.S. secure the Strait of Hormuz.
All have publicly resisted Trump’s pressure campaign, at least so far, despite his threats — even Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who is poised to meet with the president on Thursday at the White House.
“Whether we get support or not, but I can say this — and I said it to them — we will remember,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One en route from Florida to Washington, D.C., on Sunday.
Other countries are supposedly willing to help, including some that may not be named, according to Trump.
Operation Epic Fury and its U.S.-Israeli strikes near the Strait of Hormuz, connecting the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, have put pressure on crude oil and gas prices because Iran is the ninth-largest global oil producer and the regime is speculated to have placed mines along what has become one of the world’s most strategic choke points.
However, for Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow and Trump’s former special representative to Iran Elliott Abrams, “most allies in Europe or Asia are just watching, with most trying to stay out.
“In many cases they really lack the military power to do very much to help,” Abrams told the Washington Examiner. “But the president’s call on them to help clear the Strait of Hormuz is compelling, because most of them need Middle Eastern oil in ways that we do not. I expect we will see many helping with that effort.”
American Enterprise Institute nonresident senior fellow Heather Conley agreed that European allies are especially “conflicted and divided about supporting the U.S. and the war in Iran.”
“They will study …
Who benefits from this decision?
President Donald Trump does not appear to regret his more adversarial strategy toward allies, even as many resist his calls for help with the Strait of Hormuz.
Instead, more than two weeks into his war against Iran, Trump is portraying the resistance as proof of his point that the world is overreliant on the U.S. and that he should put “America First,” particularly considering the world will reap the rewards if the U.S. can assert control over the strait.
“For 40 years, we’re protecting you, and you don’t want to get involved in something that is very minor?” the president asked Monday during the public portion of lunch with Trump-Kennedy Center Board members at the White House.
Trump’s comments on Monday come after he proposed last weekend a seven-member coalition, including the likes of China, France, Japan, South Korea, and the United Kingdom, to help the U.S. secure the Strait of Hormuz.
All have publicly resisted Trump’s pressure campaign, at least so far, despite his threats — even Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who is poised to meet with the president on Thursday at the White House.
“Whether we get support or not, but I can say this — and I said it to them — we will remember,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One en route from Florida to Washington, D.C., on Sunday.
Other countries are supposedly willing to help, including some that may not be named, according to Trump.
Operation Epic Fury and its U.S.-Israeli strikes near the Strait of Hormuz, connecting the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, have put pressure on crude oil and gas prices because Iran is the ninth-largest global oil producer and the regime is speculated to have placed mines along what has become one of the world’s most strategic choke points.
However, for Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow and Trump’s former special representative to Iran Elliott Abrams, “most allies in Europe or Asia are just watching, with most trying to stay out.
“In many cases they really lack the military power to do very much to help,” Abrams told the Washington Examiner. “But the president’s call on them to help clear the Strait of Hormuz is compelling, because most of them need Middle Eastern oil in ways that we do not. I expect we will see many helping with that effort.”
American Enterprise Institute nonresident senior fellow Heather Conley agreed that European allies are especially “conflicted and divided about supporting the U.S. and the war in Iran.”
“They will study …
Trump dismisses allies as he seeks to secure the Strait of Hormuz: ‘We don’t need them’
Who benefits from this decision?
President Donald Trump does not appear to regret his more adversarial strategy toward allies, even as many resist his calls for help with the Strait of Hormuz.
Instead, more than two weeks into his war against Iran, Trump is portraying the resistance as proof of his point that the world is overreliant on the U.S. and that he should put “America First,” particularly considering the world will reap the rewards if the U.S. can assert control over the strait.
“For 40 years, we’re protecting you, and you don’t want to get involved in something that is very minor?” the president asked Monday during the public portion of lunch with Trump-Kennedy Center Board members at the White House.
Trump’s comments on Monday come after he proposed last weekend a seven-member coalition, including the likes of China, France, Japan, South Korea, and the United Kingdom, to help the U.S. secure the Strait of Hormuz.
All have publicly resisted Trump’s pressure campaign, at least so far, despite his threats — even Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who is poised to meet with the president on Thursday at the White House.
“Whether we get support or not, but I can say this — and I said it to them — we will remember,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One en route from Florida to Washington, D.C., on Sunday.
Other countries are supposedly willing to help, including some that may not be named, according to Trump.
Operation Epic Fury and its U.S.-Israeli strikes near the Strait of Hormuz, connecting the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, have put pressure on crude oil and gas prices because Iran is the ninth-largest global oil producer and the regime is speculated to have placed mines along what has become one of the world’s most strategic choke points.
However, for Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow and Trump’s former special representative to Iran Elliott Abrams, “most allies in Europe or Asia are just watching, with most trying to stay out.
“In many cases they really lack the military power to do very much to help,” Abrams told the Washington Examiner. “But the president’s call on them to help clear the Strait of Hormuz is compelling, because most of them need Middle Eastern oil in ways that we do not. I expect we will see many helping with that effort.”
American Enterprise Institute nonresident senior fellow Heather Conley agreed that European allies are especially “conflicted and divided about supporting the U.S. and the war in Iran.”
“They will study …
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