{"id":2580685,"date":"2026-03-17T07:28:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-dismisses-allies-as-he-seeks-to-secure-the-strait-of-hormuz\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T07:31:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:31:32","slug":"trump-dismisses-allies-as-he-seeks-to-secure-the-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-dismisses-allies-as-he-seeks-to-secure-the-strait-of-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump dismisses allies as he seeks to secure the Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-dismisses-allies-as-he-seeks-to-secure-the-strait-of-hormuz%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2580685&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Washington Examiner report describes President Donald Trump\u2019s insistence on a tougher, less coalition-dependent approach as he seeks to secure the Strait of Hormuz amid ongoing tensions with Iran. He frames the effort as an America-First mission, saying he does not regret adopting an adversarial stance toward allies and that \u201cwe don\u2019t need them\u201d if they won\u2019t help.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has floated a seven-nation coalition-including China, France, Japan, South Korea, and the United Kingdom-to back the effort, but most allies have resisted or offered only limited support. Critics point to concerns about military capability, legal authorization, and the lack of a clear endgame, with European officials and security experts noting that allies remain hesitant or divided. germany\u2019s Chancellor Friedrich Merz explicitly said he would not participate, and EU\/NATO actions have been limited to existing naval patrols and missile interceptions.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts emphasize that forming a robust coalition requires extensive diplomacy, warning that Trump\u2019s approach risks undermining long-standing alliances. The piece also covers the broader context of energy concerns and the potential economic and human costs of conflict, including Trump\u2019s criticism of Prime Minister keir Starmer and his belief that NATO allies have too often shielded themselves from decisive involvement.<\/p>\n<p>In short, the article portrays a president pressing for assertive unilateral action while facing reluctant European and other allies and highlighting the diplomatic and strategic challenges of securing international support for actions around the Strait of Hormuz.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump dismisses allies as he seeks to secure the Strait of Hormuz: &lsquo;We don&rsquo;t need them&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2534311\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> does not appear to regret his more adversarial strategy toward allies, even as many resist his calls for help with the Strait of Hormuz.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Instead, more than two weeks into his war against <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a>, Trump is portraying the resistance as proof of his point that the world is overreliant on the U.S. and that he should put &ldquo;America First,&rdquo; particularly considering the world will reap the rewards if the U.S. can assert control over the strait.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4492715\/ecuador-us-war-drug-cartels-two-week-operation\/\">Ecuador-US &#8216;war&#8217; with drug cartels begins with two-week operation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/4486552\/drug-pricing-top-of-agenda-trump-takaichi-meeting\/\">Drug pricing should be near top of agenda at Trump-Takaichi meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/4490407\/poland-investigate-iran-cyberattack-stryker\/\">Poland investigates suspected Iranian cyberattack day after hackers target US company Stryker<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;For 40 years, we&rsquo;re protecting you, and you don&rsquo;t want to get involved in something that is very minor?&rdquo; the president asked Monday during the public portion of lunch with Trump-Kennedy Center Board members at the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"8767\">White House<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s comments on Monday come after he proposed last weekend a seven-member coalition, including the likes of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"232\">China<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/france\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"387\">France<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/japan\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"593\">Japan<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/south-korea\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2221\">South Korea<\/a>, and the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-kingdom\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"547\">United Kingdom<\/a>, to help the U.S. secure the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>All have publicly resisted Trump&rsquo;s pressure campaign, at least so far, despite his threats &mdash; even Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who is poised to meet with the president on Thursday at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Whether we get support or not, but I can say this &mdash; and I said it to them &mdash; we will remember,&rdquo; Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One en route from Florida to Washington, D.C., on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Other countries are supposedly willing to help, including some that may not be named, according to Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Operation Epic Fury and its U.S.-<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"219\">Israeli<\/a> strikes near the Strait of Hormuz, connecting the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, have put pressure on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-greg-abbott-texas-must-fight-federal-overreach-biden-showing-extreme-hostility-to-state\/\" title=\"Gov. Greg Abbott: Texas Must Fight \u2018Federal Overreach\u2019; Biden Showing \u2018Extreme Hostility\u2019 To State\">crude oil<\/a> and gas prices because Iran is the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >ninth-largest global oil producer<\/a> and the regime is speculated to have placed mines along what has become one of the world&rsquo;s most strategic choke points.<\/p>\n<p>However, for Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow and Trump&rsquo;s former special representative to Iran Elliott Abrams, &ldquo;most allies in Europe or Asia are just watching, with most trying to stay out.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In many cases they really lack the military power to do very much to help,&rdquo; Abrams told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;But the president&rsquo;s call on them to help clear the Strait of Hormuz is compelling, because most of them need Middle Eastern oil in ways that we do not. I expect we will see many helping with that effort.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>American Enterprise Institute nonresident senior fellow Heather Conley agreed that European allies are especially &ldquo;conflicted and divided about supporting the U.S. and the war in Iran.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They will study the request and perhaps offer very limited support, but for the foreseeable future, they will remain on the sidelines until there is clarity about the end of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/confirmed-chinese-troops-on-canadian-soil-during-military-exercises\/\" title=\"Confirmed: Chinese Troops on Canadian Soil During Military Exercises\">military operation<\/a>,&rdquo; Conley told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;Allied involvement has been limited to[[<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/european-union\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1177\">European Union<\/a>]members deploying naval vessels to protect Cyrus and[the[the<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nato\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"603\">North Atlantic Treaty Organization<\/a>]has intercepted three ballistic missiles from Iran over <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/turkey\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"234\">Turkey<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>To that end, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz told reporters on Monday through a translator that Germany will not help in the Strait of Hormuz and that he had not been advised of any &ldquo;concept&rdquo; to protect it.<\/p>\n<p>Germany was part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or the 2015 Iran nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 &mdash; the U.S., the U.K., France, China, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"80\">Russia<\/a>, and Germany.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What concerns us most is that there is clearly no common plan for bringing this war to a swift and convincing conclusion,&rdquo; Merz said in German.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Conley, the former president of the German Marshall Fund and a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-department\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"107\">State Department<\/a> alumna, said &ldquo;Some European leaders may reconsider their wait-and-see approach should they encounter a more dire energy and economic situation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But they [will] confront not only very negative public opinion but they lack an international or European legal mandate to deploy military forces abroad,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;A wise lesson is to gather your allies and partners before you begin a regional conflict.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Former Biden <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/national-security-council\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1767\">National Security Council <\/a>spokesman Sean Savett repeated Conley&rsquo;s point, contending &ldquo;it&rsquo;s clear to allies and to the world that &hellip; Trump blundered into this conflict unprepared to respond to Iran&rsquo;s retaliation, which was quite foreseeable and experts had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-postmaster-general-dejoy-confirms-fbi-probe-denies-wrongdoing\/\" title=\"US Postmaster General DeJoy Confirms FBI Probe, Denies Wrongdoing\">long warned<\/a> about.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He invested no time or effort in trying to build a coalition and win over allies to his cause before launching the war &ndash; after all he has barely tried to make his case to the American people &mdash; and he has spent much of the past year burning bridges over <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tariffs\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"584\">tariffs<\/a>, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/denmark\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2585\">Denmark<\/a>, etc.,&rdquo; Savett told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;There is not much goodwill.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Center for Strategic and International Studies Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy Jon Alterman discouraged drawing a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nearly-9-in-10-expect-more-political-violence-blame-hot-rhetoric\/\" title=\"Nearly 9 in 10 expect more political violence, blame hot rhetoric\">straight line&#038;rdquo<\/a>; between disagreements over trade and Greenland, among other issues, and the Iran war, but reminded Trump that allies are not always &ldquo;available on a dime&rdquo; or &ldquo;are on call&rdquo; whenever the U.S. needs them.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Any U.S. military action in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/middle-east\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"102\">Middle East<\/a> has required a lot of diplomacy and negotiation before allies join on board,&rdquo; Alterman told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;How much the president&rsquo;s able to get after those negotiations will depend on a number of factors and his tariff strategy may mean that, at the end, he would emerge with less than other presidents.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump reflected on his strategy regarding allies during two press appearances on Monday, revealing during the Trump-Kennedy Center Board luncheon that he does not think he has given allies a &ldquo;hard sell,&rdquo; at least regarding Iran.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t do a hard sell on them because my attitude is we don&rsquo;t need anybody,&rdquo; the president said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re the strongest nation in the world. We have the strongest military by far in the world. We don&rsquo;t need them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He continued: &ldquo;But it&rsquo;s interesting, I&rsquo;m almost doing it in some cases, not because we need them, but because I want to find out how they react. Because I&rsquo;ve been saying for years that if we ever did need them, they won&rsquo;t be there, not all of them, but they won&rsquo;t be there.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4483788\/trump-grapples-with-the-greatest-cost-of-his-war-in-iran-the-human-cost\/\"><strong>TRUMP GRAPPLES WITH THE GREATEST COST OF HIS WAR IN IRAN: THE HUMAN COST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump, during the luncheon and a later event unveiling an anti-fraud initiative, specifically criticized British Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/keir-starmer\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3660\">Keir Starmer<\/a> for his initial opposition to the Iran war, including his resistance to sending British assets to the Middle East and providing the U.S. with logistical assistance, such as access to their bases.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was not happy with the UK,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I think they&rsquo;ll be involved, but they should be involved enthusiastically. We&rsquo;ve been protecting these countries for years with NATO because NATO is us.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump: allies not needed to guard Hormuz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2580686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26075765712123-1.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[57321,3634,36408],"class_list":["post-2580685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-trump","tag-us-foreign-policy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26075765712123-1.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2580685"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2580689,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580685\/revisions\/2580689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2580686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2580685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2580685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2580685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}