Donald Trump has warned that Nato faces a “very bad” future if US allies fail to assist in opening up the Strait of Hormuz, sending a blunt message to European nations to join his war effort in Iran.
Nato is a mutual
defense pact. Maybe Hegseth accidentally changed it in the White House copy when he did a find-and-replace on every document during the "Department of War" rebranding.
The US president told the FT in an interview on Sunday that he could also delay his summit with China’s President Xi Jinping later this month as he presses Beijing to help unblock the crucial waterway.
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Trump said he was also expecting China to help unblock the strait before he travels to Beijing at the end of this month for a summit with Xi Jinping, his first trip to China in his second term.
“I think China should help too because China gets 90 per cent of its oil from the Straits [sic],” Trump said. Waiting until the summit would be too late, he said.
“We’d like to know before that. It’s [two weeks is] a long time.” He added that his trip to China might also be put back. “We may delay,” Trump said. He did not say for how long.
Heh, he didn't learn at all from the last time he tried this on China.