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Who will help Trump in the Strait of Hormuz? | Global News Podcast

2026-03-16 News & Politics
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President Donald Trump has criticised US allies for their reluctance to help break the Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz — a vital waterway for oil and gas tankers. “I’m demanding that these countries come in," he said. "It’s the place from which they get their energy. And they should ... help us protect it”. No countries have yet committed to sending warships to the Strait. Following President Trump's comments that it would be "very bad for the future of Nato" if its members refuse to join the American efforts, Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said, "this is not our war, we have not started it”. The BBC's diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams tells us that the wariness of Washington’s allies means there is no quick fix to the Iran crisis. New episodes of the Global News Podcast are published twice a day. You can listen here: https://link.mgln.ai/GNP-YT And you can find more of our Youtube episodes here: https://bbc.in/GlobalNewsPodcast #US #Iran #BBCNews

Top Comments (10)

@richardtom243 2026-03-16

Send ice 🍦

512 29 replies
@alanseymour1252 2026-03-16

Funny how the orange peace president can't even end his own war.

359 20 replies
@BobaFett2025 2026-03-16

Trump has done nothing for Europe besides tariffs, ruthlessly insulting it and demeaning it. With a friend like Trump, who needs enemies?

343 34 replies
@Shezz1053 2026-03-16

Why would he expect the UK to help just months after he isulted our troops.

211 27 replies
@alanseymour1252 2026-03-16

Who is willing to go to war with an egomaniac as a leader? He'd get you into more danger without any regret.

209 8 replies
@melisiasays 2026-03-16

He started the war let him figure out how to stop it. He said he has ended 8 wars so now he can end this one.

197 14 replies
@anthonychappell9409 2026-03-16

Israel has a navy...this is their war...they wanted it, they started it... Why don't they send their ships?

115 14 replies
@stewlew8449 2026-03-16

Negotiations should start with Trump being sent as collateral to Iran

97 3 replies
@TheWayOut999 2026-03-16

Scrwing over allies and then begging them to bail him out. A genius concept of a plan!

57 3 replies
@michellej1372 2026-03-16

You break it, you fix it!

26 1 replies

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