US EditionTrump rails against 'useless' allies offering help: 'I told them to stay away'
- On Friday, Britain and France announced a "multinational mission" to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, prompting President Donald Trump to tell NATO allies to "stay away" on Truth Social.
- Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced the defensive mission in Paris to "reassure commercial shipping" and support mine clearance, with over a dozen countries already offering to contribute assets.
- Trump renewed his criticism of NATO, labeling it "useless when needed" and a "Paper Tiger," while telling allies to "stay away" unless they wanted to "load up their ships with oil."
- Iran has reopened the Strait of Hormuz to shipping, a development President DJT welcomed as the situation is now over according to his Truth Social post.
- Military leaders will gather in London next week for a planning conference to announce the mission's composition and finalize which countries will contribute assets.
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‘Stay Away’: Trump Snubs NATO Over Strait of Hormuz
President Donald Trump said on Friday that he rejected an offer from NATO to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, after Iran declared the vital shipping route reopened. Posting on his Truth Social platform, Trump said the U.S.-led alliance had contacted him to ask whether assistance was needed following recent tensions in the region. “Now that the Hormuz Strait situation is over, I received a call from NATO asking if we would need some help. I told…
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Friday's announcement of Iran's reopening of the Ormuz Straits and again attacks its NATO allies, announcing that it rejects their aid proposal on this subject, reports AFP.
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Washington, Apr 17 (EFE).- U.S. President Donald Trump recommended this Friday to NATO partners to stay “away” from the Strait of Ormuz “unless they only want to load their oil ships,” after Iran has announced the complete reopening of the track. “Now that the situation in the Strait of Ormuz is over, I received a call from NATO asking if we would need help. I told them to stay away, unless they just want to load their oil boats,” he wrote on hi…
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