The US president said in an interview with the Financial Times that he expects allies to help open the Strait of Hormuz, the blockade of which is related to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Donald Trump also warned that NATO faces a “very bad future” if allies do not help the United States.
Trump, in an interview with the British daily, also stated that they should also help in unblocking the strait China, because they “transport 90 percent of their oil” through this waterway.
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The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and the war in the Middle East
The American president also announced that the United States is ready to carry out further attacks on the Iranian island of Khark. Donald Trump also repeated that the US “decimated Iran”, which lost its navy, air force and air defense systems.
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The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is the result of the war in the Middle East, which was initiated by Israeli-American airstrikes in Iran. In response, Tehran is shelling both this waterway, through which approximately one-fifth of the world's oil supplies pass, and countries in the region.
