General Discussion

By Abigail Williams

After President Donald Trump suggested the U.S. needed no assistance in reopening the Strait of Hormuz, the administration has launched a new effort to get allies to help move ships through the critical passageway blocked by Iran ...

There’s not much incentive to join the international coalition floated by the U.S.; the war caught many U.S. allies unaware and they have been unwilling to engage in it. The president has increasingly attacked and berated NATO allies, vowing again to reassess membership in the trans-Atlantic alliance over its resistance to the conflict.

"We got no help, zero from NATO," Trump said during a speech in Florida on Friday. "You know, we spent trillions of dollars in NATO. We got no help."

On Friday, Pentagon officials said the U.S. is withdrawing approximately 5,000 troops from Germany after Trump was angered by criticism from the German chancellor over the war with Iran ...

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/us-asks-help-opening-strait-hormuz-trump-attacks-allies-rcna343082