{"id":21920,"date":"2026-03-18T15:19:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/help-fight-iran-or-secure-the-strait-of-hormuz-yourself\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T15:19:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:19:51","slug":"help-fight-iran-or-secure-the-strait-of-hormuz-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/18\/help-fight-iran-or-secure-the-strait-of-hormuz-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Fight Iran Or Secure The Strait of Hormuz Yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative\" data-narration-container=\"true\">\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">President Donald Trump on Wednesday signaled a potential seismic shift in American foreign policy, questioning why the United States continues to shoulder the burden of policing the Strait of Hormuz for nations that refuse to support its strategic objectives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">\u201cI wonder what would happen if we \u2018finished off\u2019 what\u2019s left of the Iranian Terror State, and let the Countries that use it, we don\u2019t, be responsible for the so called \u2018Strait?\u2019\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cThat would get some of our non-responsive \u2018Allies\u2019 in gear, and fast!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width:100%;border:0\" src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/116250203405172359\/embed\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">The president\u2019s comments highlight a glaring disparity: while the U.S. Navy has historically secured the waterway, the primary beneficiaries are Asian and European powers. China leads the pack, importing 38% of the oil transiting the strait, followed by India (15%), Japan (90% of its total crude), and South Korea. Meanwhile, Middle Eastern exporters like Kuwait and Qatar remain entirely or heavily dependent on the passage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">Despite this reliance, several European allies have refused to assist the United States in the current regional conflict. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/mar\/16\/europe-donald-trump-strait-hormuz-iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> stated<\/a> definitively, \u201cWe will not do so,\u201d while Spain has gone as far as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/mar\/02\/spain-denies-united-states-permission-military-bases-iran-pedro-sanchez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blocking<\/a> American forces from using its bases for operations against Tehran. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/feature\/2026\/03\/15\/italy-says-it-will-not-join-iran-war-and-begins-pulling-back-troops.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Italy<\/a> and Greece have similarly declined military participation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">French President Emmanuel Macron has been particularly defiant. After the United States and Israel launched strikes against Iranian targets in late February, Macron labeled the actions \u201coutside the framework of international law.\u201d On Tuesday, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/originals\/2026\/03\/france-will-never-take-part-operations-unblock-hormuz-strait-amid-hostilities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">doubled down<\/a>, declaring France is \u201cnot a party to the conflict\u2026 will never take part in operations to open or liberate the Strait of Hormuz in the\u00a0 current context.\u201d While Macron deployed the aircraft carrier <em>Charles de Gaulle<\/em>\u00a0to the region, he insists it is for a \u201cEuropean-led\u201d mission independent of Washington\u2019s command.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">Even the United Kingdom has hesitated, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2026\/03\/18\/pbcq-m18.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stating<\/a> the UK will not be drawn into \u201cthe wider war.\u201d Only Poland and the Baltic states have offered firm political backing, citing Iran\u2019s military ties to Russia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">This lack of cooperation has forced regional exporters to scramble for alternatives. Saudi Arabia has <a href=\"https:\/\/energynewsbeat.co\/saudi-arabias-pipeline-investment-pays-off\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boosted<\/a> its East-West Pipeline capacity to 7 million barrels per day (bpd), though effective export capacity at the Red Sea port of Yanbu remains capped at 3\u20134 million bpd.\u00a0The UAE\u2019s ADCOP pipeline to Fujairah is running at a maximum of 1.8 million bpd but has faced drone threats.\u00a0Iraq, which recently signed a deal to resume exports through Turkey at a modest 250,000 bpd, remains largely paralyzed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">With 20 million barrels per day typically transiting the strait, the current bypasses are woefully insufficient. Trump\u2019s message is clear: if the nations most dependent on this oil \u2014 and the \u201callies\u201d who benefit from U.S. protection \u2014 refuse to stand with America against the \u201cIranian Terror State,\u201d they may soon find themselves responsible for their own security in the world\u2019s most dangerous chokepoint.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-warns-allies-help-fight-iran-or-secure-the-strait-of-hormuz-yourself\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump on Wednesday signaled a potential seismic shift in American foreign policy, questioning why the United States continues to shoulder the burden of policing the Strait of Hormuz for nations that refuse to support its strategic objectives. \u201cI wonder what would happen if we \u2018finished off\u2019 what\u2019s left of the Iranian Terror State, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-current-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}