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US_ Trump Calls Reluctant Allies' Bluff on the Strait, Gets Big Response From NATO Chief (Nick Arama - REDSTATE)

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Trump Calls Reluctant Allies' Bluff on the Strait, Gets Big Response From NATO Chief

By Nick Arama | 3:30 PM on March 18, 2026

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As we reported, President Donald Trump asked our NATO allies and others to help contribute to a coalition of escort ships to help ensure safe passage in the Strait of Hormuz.

But he was rebuffed by some of the NATO allies, like Germany, who said that they didn't start the military action, so why should they be involved? These are some of the same folks who thought the United States should pay endlessly for Ukraine, despite that not being "our war.'

They had a bit of a karmic wake-up call when the hotel where their European Union Advisory Mission is housed was hit by an Iran-backed drone in Baghdad.



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But now Trump is also calling their bluff, because the bottom line is that the U.S. ships very little through the Strait — it's far more important to others. So Trump posted on Truth Social that if allies want to play the weak-kneed weasel game, maybe the U.S. should just not provide any escorts, and just let the countries that use it be responsible for it.

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