{"id":2581036,"date":"2026-03-17T18:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/european-union-defies-trump-on-iran-despite-presidents-serious-warnings\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T18:29:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:29:53","slug":"european-union-defies-trump-on-iran-despite-presidents-serious-warnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/european-union-defies-trump-on-iran-despite-presidents-serious-warnings\/","title":{"rendered":"European Union Defies Trump on Iran Despite President&#8217;s Serious Warnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Feuropean-union-defies-trump-on-iran-despite-presidents-serious-warnings%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=2581036&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>European foreign ministers from the EU rejected Donald Trump\u2019s appeal for NATO help to secure the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing conflict with Iran. While there was interest in strengthening the EU\u2019s naval presence in the Middle East, there was no consensus to extend a mission to Hormuz; Kaja Kallas said, per Politico, that Europe has no interest in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-rips-democrats-for-toting-ukraine-flags-a-ukrainian-flag-is-like-a-covid-mask\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz Rips Democrats For Toting Ukraine Flags: \u2018A Ukrainian Flag Is Like A COVID Mask\u2019\">open-ended war<\/a> and that \u201cthis is not Europe\u2019s war,\u201d even though Europe\u2019s interests are at stake.<\/p>\n<p>Trump told the Financial Times that NATO could face a \u201cbad future\u201d if it does not assist and stressed that a chokepoint through which one-fifth of the world\u2019s oil passes is at stake. He urged a \u201cteam effort\u201d including China, France, Japan, South Korea, and the UK to join in opening the strait, arguing that Europe and China rely heavily on Gulf oil and that the U.S. has supported Ukraine and now expects reciprocal help. He suggested China should help as it gets about 90% of its oil from the straits and indicated he might delay his China visit due to current conditions, though he did not provide a travel timeline.<\/p>\n<p>the EU signaled caution and preferred deterrence and collaboration over <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >expanding military engagement<\/a>, resisting a broader wartime mandate for 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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The European Union rejected President Donald Trump&rsquo;s calls to help secure the Strait of Hormuz during the ongoing conflict with Iran, despite his recent warning about NATO&rsquo;s future if it were to refuse his request.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign ministers from the 27 EU countries met on Monday to discuss Trump&rsquo;s call to action, and top diplomat Kaja Kallas said &ldquo;Europe has no interest in an open-ended war,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/europe-donald-trump-strait-of-hormuz-war-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is not Europe&rsquo;s war, but Europe&rsquo;s interests are directly at stake,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>There was a &ldquo;clear wish&rdquo; among other leaders to &ldquo;strengthen&rdquo; the EU&rsquo;s naval presence in the Middle East, but as for &ldquo;extending this mandate to cover the Strait of Hormuz,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-orders-federal-government-to-pay-millions-to-snowmobiler-who-crashed-into-black-hawk-helicopter\/\" title=\"Judge Orders Federal Government to Pay Millions to Snowmobiler Who Crashed Into Black Hawk Helicopter\">members weren&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t convinced.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nobody wants to go actively in this war,&rdquo; Kallas declared.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); 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\t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/1ca6d121-760b-4ec5-b6ad-514fdaa94873\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spoke with<\/a> the Financial Times on Monday and said NATO was headed for a &ldquo;bad future&rdquo; if it didn&rsquo;t pitch in and help America secure the strait.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s only appropriate that people who are the beneficiaries of the strait will help to make sure that nothing bad happens there,&rdquo; Trump told the outlet, while highlighting that Europe and China are heavily dependent on oil from the Gulf, and the U.S. is not.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If there&rsquo;s no response or if it&rsquo;s a negative response I think it will be very bad for the future of NATO,&rdquo; he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s comments were reportedly made during an eight-minute phone call with the Financial Times, and &ldquo;came a day after he appealed to China, France, Japan, South Korea and the UK to join a &lsquo;team effort&rsquo; to open up the chokepoint through which a fifth of the world&rsquo;s oil passes,&rdquo; the article read.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have a thing called NATO,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-vice-president-mike-pence-joins-the-heritage-foundation\/\" title=\"Former Vice President Mike Pence Joins The Heritage Foundation\">president added<\/a>. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve been very sweet. We didn&rsquo;t have to help them with Ukraine. Ukraine is thousands of miles away from us&hellip;&thinsp;But we helped them. Now we&rsquo;ll see if they help us. Because I&rsquo;ve long said that we&rsquo;ll be there for them but they won&rsquo;t be there for us. And I&rsquo;m not sure that they&rsquo;d be there.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump reiterated that Iran was being hit hard by American military forces and that he expects China to assist in unblocking the strait.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think China should help too because China gets 90 percent of its oil from the straits,&rdquo; Trump said before adding that he might have to delay his upcoming China visit, given current conditions with Iran and domestic issues.<\/p>\n<p>He did not give any further details on his travel timeline.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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While there was some support for strengthening the EU\u2019s naval presence in the Middle East, leaders were not convinced to broaden the mandate to cover Hormuz, and Kaja Kallas emphasized that Europe does not want an open-ended war, even though Europe\u2019s interests are at stake. Trump told the Financial Times that NATO\u2019s future would be bleak if it doesn\u2019t assist the United States, arguing that those who benefit from the strait should help ensure stability. He noted Europe and China rely heavily on Gulf oil, unlike the U.S., and urged a \u201cteam effort\u201d including China, France, Japan, South Korea, and the United Kingdom to open the chokepoint through which a large portion of world oil passes. He reiterated that while the U.S. has supported Ukraine, he questions whether Europe would reciprocate, and he suggested China should help too because of its oil needs. He gave no timeline for his travel to China, though current tensions with Iran and domestic issues could delay it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2581037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-03-17T173158.964.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[39748,3823,3634],"class_list":["post-2581036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-eu","tag-iran","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2026-03-17T173158.964.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581036","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2581036"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2581040,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581036\/revisions\/2581040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2581037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2581036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2581036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2581036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}