Trump upset as key US partners shun call for Hormuz warship escorts
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US President Donald Trump expressed frustration as key allied nations declined to join an American initiative to provide warship escorts through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump noted that many of the reluctant nations have historically benefited from US protection. The dispute highlights growing tensions over burden-sharing among Western and Gulf allies amid Middle East instability.
'Some are countries that we've helped for many, many years. We've protected them from horrible outside sources, and they weren't that enthusiastic,' says US President Donald Trump