Donald Trump expressed his hope that China, France, Japan, South Korea, Great Britain and other countries would send warships to the Strait of Hormuz to ensure the safe passage of ships through it.
He said the United States has “already destroyed 100 percent of Iran’s military capabilities,” but “it would be easy for them to send in a drone or two, drop a mine or fire a short-range missile somewhere along or within this waterway, no matter how devastating their defeat.”
Trump said that several countries affected by Iran’s attempt to close the Strait of Hormuz would send warships with the United States to “keep the Strait open and safe” (but he did not specify whether there were any specific agreements or with whom).
In addition, as Trump wrote in a post on the social media network Truth Social, the United States “will mercilessly bomb the coast and continually fire on Iranian boats and ships in the waters.” The US President added: “One way or another, the Strait of Hormuz will soon be open, safe and free.”
In the next post Trump again maleThe United States “has completely defeated and destroyed Iran – militarily, economically, and in every other respect,” but countries that receive oil through the Strait of Hormuz “must care about this passage.”
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Since the beginning of the war in the Middle East, Trump has criticized Britain and its Prime Minister Keir Starmer for not joining American efforts in the region. The Times wrote that Great Britain refused to provide the United States with its bases in the Indian Ocean for strikes. Later, in an interview with the British newspaper The Sun, Trump said that Starmer “did not help” the United States in the war with Iran. “I never thought I would see this from the UK,” he added.