Trump gets chilly response from allies over demand on Hormuz

After years of being antagonised by President Donald Trump, US allies in Europe and Asia are in no hurry to bow to his demand that they send ships into a war he started — and has claimed to have won already. Their response to his call for help to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the chokepoint for about a fifth of the world’s oil, has ranged from caution to ambivalence if not outright rejection. In Asia, the response has been similarly noncommittal. “Countries do not want to be dragged unnecessarily into a conflict situation that may put their troops and assets in harm’s way,” said Dylan Loh, an associate professor at NTU Singapore. “The lack of a clear endgame or plan would also factor into their thinking.”

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