Nobody Wants To Clean Up Trump's Mess In The Strait Of Hormuz |
Nobody Wants To Clean Up Trump's Mess In The Strait Of Hormuz
A no-alition of the willing.
National Reporter, HuffPost
US allies in Europe and elsewhere are continuing to rebuff President Donald Trump’s demands they help reopen the Strait of Hormuz amid the US-Israeli war in Iran, despite Trump’s ultimatums, pleas and claims that, actually, “we no longer need” their help after all.
(Rounding out the mixed messaging, Trump also claimed on Monday that “numerous countries” were already “on the way” to help, but declined to say which ones.)
Turns out allies don’t like helping when all you do is insult them.
“They should be in here very happily helping us,” Trump told reporters on Monday. “They should be jumping to help us because we’ve helped them for years.”
Trump struck a different tone on Tuesday in a post on social media.
“Speaking as President of the United States of America, by far the Most Powerful Country Anywhere in the World, WE DO NOT NEED THE HELP OF ANYONE!”
Here’s what the rest of the world is saying:
Keir Starmer has voiced support for a plan to reopen the critical shipping lane, but has notably stopped well short of committing British........