Trump Administration Demands Other Countries Help Open Strait Of Hormuz

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran is open to helping other countries' safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

President Donald Trump’s circle defended the president’s plead for other countries to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, including Michael Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nation, who said it would “help their own economies.”

Waltz said Sunday on “State of the Union” that the United States will “welcome, encourage and even demand their participation to help their own economies.”

“Meanwhile, the U.S. military will continue to pound the Iranian military at their missile, boat and drone forces to keep the straits open,” Waltz said.

Since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran, the Straight of Hormuz closed, with threats that Iran will fire on any ship trying to pass. The strait is the world’s most vital oil export route.

When asked about which countries have committed to aiding the U.S., Wright said he wouldn’t speak before the president does, but that “of course the whole world will be united on the need to open Hormuz.”