Trump urges other nations to send warships to secure Strait of Hormuz
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United States President Donald Trump on Saturday urged other countries to send warships to help secure the Strait of Hormuz amid the conflict in West Asia.
“Many countries, especially those who are affected by Iran’s attempted closure of the Hormuz strait, will be sending warships, in conjunction with the United States of America, to keep the strait open and safe,” Trump said on social media.
Trump claimed that the US and Israel had “already destroyed 100% of Iran’s military capability”. But he added that it was easy for Tehran to use drones, close-range missiles or drop mines in the strategic waterway “no matter how badly defeated they are”.
“Hopefully China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK and others that are affected by this artificial constraint, will send ships to the area so that the Hormuz strait will no longer be a threat by a nation that has been totally decapitated,” Trump said.
He said that in the meantime, the US military will bomb Iran’s shoreline and shoot Iranian “boats and ships out of the water”.
“One way or the other, we will soon get the Hormuz strait open, safe and free!” he added.
Trump’s comment came two days after US Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNBC on Thursday that the US military was “not ready” to escort oil...