Trump says Hormuz Strait help ‘on the way’ as allies reject military action
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US president refuses to identify which countries he says are responding to call for naval coalition to open trade route.
United States President Donald Trump has said “numerous countries” have told him “they’re on their way” following his appeal for an international naval coalition to secure the Strait of Hormuz amid the US-Israel war on Iran.
Trump made the statement on Monday after over the weekend calling on a handful of countries to join the coalition. However, he did not identify any of the countries in question.
“Numerous countries have told me they’re on the way. Some are very enthusiastic about it, and some aren’t,” Trump said.
When subsequently asked which countries had pledged to join, Trump responded “I’d rather not say yet”, adding that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio would be making an official announcement.
“They’ve already started to – it takes a little while to get there,” Trump said. “In some cases, you have to travel an ocean. So doesn’t go that fast, but it’ll go fast. And we have some that are fairly local that are doing it.”
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