US President Donald Trump says it "surprises him" that no nation is ready to respond to his calls to secure the Strait of Hormuz from where a fifth of the world's oil supply passes through.
This includes China, Japan, Australia and all of the US' NATO allies. Do you think this reflects Donald Trump's credibility in the eyes of the world?
We think it squarely does.
On the contrary, while India has negotiated with Iran to let its oil ships pass through the Strait, France and Italy also reportedly opened talks with Tehran in the hopes of negotiating similar deals.
NATO allies have also so far refused to be a party to Trump's bilateral rampage with Israel against Iran.
The UK, Germany, Greece have flat-out refused to send warships to help reopen the Strait or to become a part of the wider war. United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer told the media on Monday, “We will not be drawn into the wider war.”
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This came at the heels of warships from Italy, France and Greece stationed in the Red Sea refusing to escort ships through the Strait. French President Emmanuel Macron went all the way to say his country would "never" do so until the situation was calmer.
In fact the U.S.' own military is also reported to have turned down a series of requests to escort oil tankers through the passage.
It speaks volumes that no country in the world is willing to be a part of Donald Trump's disastrous and ill-planned scheme war that has come to threaten both world peace and the global economy.
The world's leading nations and economies have refused to concede to Donald Trump's demands, despite threats of 'serious repercussions'.
In routine Trump-fashion, Trump ranted that the US allies' rejection of his push to escort ships through the crucial waterway, was "very foolish".
"I think NATO is making a very foolish mistake," Trump said.
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Meanwhile, oil giants like Exxon, Chevron, and Conicophillips have all sounded warning bells about a supply crunch and a further elevation in oil prices beyond the current levels. One would recall that Exxon, Chevron and others had also refused to be a part of Trump's elaborate plans of developing infrastructure in #Venezuela to extract oil from there.
At present, Iran - against which Trump (at Benjamin Netanyahu's bidding) has been waging an illegal war since 2 weeks now - is strongly leveraging its hold on the Strait, threatening to not relent even if oil prices hit $200 a barrel.
Before the United States attacked Iran, crude oil was trading at around $65 a barrel before pushing past $106 per barrel.
A visibly desperate Trump has responded by easing sanctions placed on Russian oil due to its invasion of Ukraine. This includes allowing ships and companies connected to Iran’s regime to transport and sell Russian oil on the open market - a war meant to break a regime resulting in a policy that strengthens it!
This is bound to happen when the world's stupidest man becomes the Commander-in-Chief for the world's most powerful nation.
And finally, might we remind you that approximately 200 U.S. service members have been injured and around 13 confirmed dead in this hopeless, pointless war.
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