Trump demanded this weekend that the the rest of the world is coming to help him in his war of choice against Iran. Trump had the nerve to make this demand after spending months launching trade wars and threatening America’s allies.
THE world response It was a very diplomatic way of telling Trump to go kick rocks.
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Policy rounded:
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said his country had no plans to send ships to the Gulf, according to Reuters.
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Britain will also not send ships, but is offering mine-clearing drones, according to The Independent.
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France has already expressed its interest but first wants the situation to stabilize, according to France24.
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EU foreign ministers will today discuss moving a team of three existing ships protecting Houthi rebel ships in the Strait of Hormuz… But the German foreign minister Johann Wadephul has already said he doesn’t think it will be effective, according to Reuters.
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South Korea remains evasive, already fearing that it will exhaust the American military presence in the Indo-Pacific.
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Australia has also ruled out sending ships, according to Australian national broadcaster ABC.
Trump is getting a dose of the “you break it, you buy it” foreign policy principle in action.
The president did not take kindly to this reaction from the rest of the world.
During a speech at the Kennedy Center on Monday, Trump said:
This is very minor, very few shots will be taken as they don’t have many shots left. But they said we’d rather not get involved. I just want the fake media and everyone to remember that this was said because when, and I’ve been a big critic of all the protecting countries because I know we will protect them and if ever it’s necessary. If we ever needed help, they wouldn’t be there for us.
Trump completely lost the plot and collapsed, as you will read and see below.