Trump demands that allied countries reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Donald Trump today called on allied countries that have refused to join his military offensive against Iran, including the United Kingdom, to act with 'courage' and 'take' the Strait of Hormuz because 'the most complicated part is already done'. 'Go get your oil,' he insisted in a post on Truth Social, where he also told nations affected by the disruption of transit through the strategic crude and goods route to buy oil from the United States. Trump suggested that after launching the military offensive against Tehran on February 28 without consulting his allies, the United States has no interest in reopening the Strait of Hormuz—which Tehran has closed to important maritime traffic from the Persian Gulf—because it is less exposed to the oil from that region. '(The other countries) have to learn to fight on their own. The United States is not going to be there to help them anymore, just as they were not available when we needed them,' lamented the president. This Monday, the White House responded to Spain that it does not need its help or that of any other country for the military operation in Iran, after the Spanish government ordered the closure of its airspace to U.S. aircraft participating in the war. The spokesperson for the Republican administration, Karoline Leavitt, also reminded that the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz is not part of the main objectives of the more-than-month-long military offensive against Iran, and that Washington's priority is to end Iran's naval, missile, and nuclear development capabilities. The President of the United States, Donald Trump, criticized France for not collaborating enough in the war that his country and Israel are waging against Iran and for prohibiting the overflight of aircraft through French airspace. 'France did not allow aircraft destined for Israel, loaded with military supplies, to fly over French territory. France has been VERY UNCOLLABORATIVE regarding the 'Butcher of Iran,' who has been successfully eliminated!', wrote Trump on his Truth Social network in an apparent reference to the assassinated Iranian Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei. The Republican insisted in his message that 'THE UNITED STATES WILL REMEMBER!!!'.
