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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump warns NATO if they dont help us in Iran.
After dissing NATO and threatening Greenland, now Trump demands NATOs help with his stupid mistake in Iran
https://www.ft.com/content/1ca6d121-760b-4ec5-b6ad-514fdaa94873
SheltieLover
(79,845 posts)D_Master81
(2,518 posts)Youve spent years telling the world we are better than them and now you expect that they will help? Thats rich
leftstreet
(40,318 posts)Hasn't he said WE WON !! like 6 times already?
oasis
(53,599 posts)Swede
(39,255 posts)Fuck off shit for brains.
OAITW r.2.0
(32,039 posts)USA/Russia against the Free World.
pfitz59
(12,644 posts)no
UpInArms
(54,858 posts)Asshole
Stfu
GiqueCee
(4,030 posts)... will this walking venereal disease just drop fucking dead?!!?
displacedvermoter
(4,303 posts)GiqueCee
(4,030 posts)displacedvermoter
(4,303 posts)by people who know things!
LogDog75
(1,262 posts)After all, he claimed he destroyed Iran's nuclear program and has claimed the war is over.
But then again, he makes a lot of bullshit claims.
Justice matters.
(9,725 posts)So which is which? 100% is the same as totally finished. Why does he need help??
10 Countries. 0 Warships.
Trump went hat in hand to the world after he imposed illegal tariffs on their goods, insulted and demeaned them, saying they took advantage of the US while they only do commerce with whoever wants to buy their products, including customers in the US. The world checked its phone and put it back in its pocket.
France said no. Officially. In writing. Germany said nothing, which is German for no. Norway said no. The UK is discussing options with allies, which is British for no. Japan stayed silent while 70% of its Middle East oil supply sits behind a minefield. South Korea watched Washington and Tehran play chicken with its own energy supply and declined to pick a side. China called it a sovereign right and hung up. Qatar didnt just refuse. Qatar stopped production entirely and declared force majeure. Their energy minister did not mince words: this will bring down economies of the world.
Iran is still there. Still attacking ships. Still laying mines. Still holding the strait.
The most powerful military on Earth sent out the call. Ten countries heard it. The result is a number that requires no commentary: zero.
This is what the end of American power looks like in practice. A request for warships that came back empty. Washington spent decades telling the world that the US-led order was worth defending. The world has moved away from the US.
ananda
(35,010 posts)no one's afraid of Trump any more.
IcyPeas
(25,367 posts)Baitball Blogger
(52,237 posts)BeyondGeography
(41,045 posts)Hes going to make friends with Putin?
Justice matters.
(9,725 posts)And he stole top, top, top-secret MILITARY documents, then a corrupted sycophant in Florida dropped the case...
BeyondGeography
(41,045 posts)His fealty to Putin is plain as day and everyone, starting with the media, takes it for granted now.
Ferrets are Cool
(22,882 posts)dpibel
(3,903 posts)"US president bothsides in defense of Russian aid to Iran."
That's one I didn't see coming.
"Who could possibly blame Russia for helping Iran? The US helped Ukraine."
Even if it's a valid argument, it really shouldn't be coming from the US president.
OC375
(825 posts)It's blood, and every body needs blood to function. They don't want the US "securing" the strait any more than they want Iran "securing" it. They'll show up, but for self-interest, not for his threats. There are practical concerns.
Wounded Bear
(64,221 posts)OC375
(825 posts)Unfortunately most boats, air travel and the economy still depend on oil.
LudwigPastorius
(14,621 posts)Nope. Nothing in there about bailing a NATO member out of a war in the Middle East that THEY STARTED.
GFY, Trump.
littlemissmartypants
(33,000 posts)SSJVegeta
(2,789 posts)Initech
(108,582 posts)SSJVegeta
(2,789 posts)no_hypocrisy
(54,821 posts)TSF will impose tariffs on those nations?
TSF will annex Canada and Greenland?
TSF will withdraw from NATO?
bucolic_frolic
(54,910 posts)Not that we obey them anymore
MiHale
(12,944 posts)Hiding anything that looks or acts like a ketchup bottle.
underpants
(196,209 posts)Link to tweet
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LetMyPeopleVote
(179,047 posts)Foreign countries havent exactly rushed to answer the American presidents call for assistance. Imagine that.
So to sum up:
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-03-16T13:42:17.264Z
1. Trump alienates/insults allies
2. he launches an unnecessary war with no international legitimacy
3. he declares war âover,â dismisses need for alliesâ help
4. he sees the war go sideways
5. he âdemandsâ allies help us solve a problem he said doesnât exist
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/after-alienating-allies-and-declaring-victory-trump-demands-foreign-help-in-war
The United Kingdom, our once Great Ally, maybe the Greatest of them all, is finally giving serious thought to sending two aircraft carriers to the Middle East, the American president wrote. Thats OK, Prime Minister Starmer, we dont need them any longer But we will remember. We dont need people that join Wars after weve already won!...
After claiming in an NBC News interview that unnamed countries had already committed to helping secure the strait a dubious assertion, given the circumstances and available information the Republican demanded that foreign nations step up and provide the U.S. with the kind of security assistance he recently said was unnecessary.
Trump on Strait of Hormuz: "Really, I'm demanding that these countries come in and protect their own territory, because it is their territory ... they should help us. You could make the case that maybe we shouldn't be there at all, because we don't need it. We have a lot of oil."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-03-16T01:05:29.715Z
.....Indeed, the series of events seems preposterous. After spending the last year alienating U.S. allies, Trump launched an unnecessary war with no international legitimacy. He then prematurely declared victory, while simultaneously dismissing the need for international assistance, all while characterizing the Strait of Hormuz as a problem thats already been solved.
It was at this point that the same American president, without explanation, turned on a dime and started demanding assistance from the same countries hes insulted to address a problem hes claimed doesnt exist.
Foreign countries havent exactly rushed to answer Trumps call for help, and Australian and Chinese officials have already rejected U.S. outreach. Imagine that.
Rebl2
(17,654 posts)is going to do? Threaten more tariffs? Thought SP court said no to that. Bomb them? Dont think thats a great idea. You promised not to get us into wars, but you have already broken that promise.