{"id":341545,"date":"2026-03-16T05:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T05:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/341545\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T05:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T05:08:09","slug":"day-16-of-middle-east-conflict-trump-ramps-up-call-to-secure-hormuz-strait-says-he-may-delay-china-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/341545\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 16 of Middle East conflict \u2014 Trump ramps up call to secure Hormuz strait, says he may delay China summit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n President Donald Trump on Sunday warned that NATO faces a \u201cvery bad\u201d future if US allies fail to assist in securing the Strait of Hormuz, sending a harsh message to European nations over the strategic waterway.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIt\u2019s only appropriate that people who are the beneficiaries of the strait will help to make sure that nothing bad happens there,\u201d Trump told the Financial Times<\/a> in a phone interview, adding that \u201cif there\u2019s no response or if it\u2019s a negative response, I think it will be very bad for the future of NATO.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n The president touted the US\u2019 assistance to Ukraine in its war against Russia, saying, \u201cWe didn\u2019t have to help them with Ukraine. \u2026 Now we\u2019ll see if they help us. Because I\u2019ve long said that we\u2019ll be there for them but they won\u2019t be there for us.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Asked what type of assistance he is seeking, the president said, \u201cwhatever it takes,\u201d including minesweepers.\n <\/p>\n

\n NATO is a European and North American defense alliance<\/a> set up to promote peace and stability and to safeguard the security of its members. It is not meant to aid a nation when a member state starts a war.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe\u2019re always there for NATO,\u201d Trump later reiterated while returning to the White House from Florida aboard Air Force One. \u201cIt\u2019d be interesting to see what country wouldn\u2019t help us with a very small endeavor, which is just keeping the strait open.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Trump also suggested in the Financial Times interview that allies could help address threats coming from the Iranian coastline. He said he wants \u201cpeople who are going to knock out some bad actors that are along the shore,\u201d referring to Iranian forces that have used drones and naval mines in the Gulf.\n <\/p>\n

\n The president repeated his frustration with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, over his lack of immediate support for the US-Israeli strikes on Iran.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThe UK might be considered the No. 1 ally, the longest serving, etc., and when I asked for them to come, they didn\u2019t want to come,\u201d he said, noting he discussed the issue with Starmer in a call earlier Sunday.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cAnd as soon as we basically wiped out the danger capacity from Iran, they said, \u2018Oh, well we\u2019ll send two ships,\u2019 and I said, \u2018We need these ships before we win, not after we win.\u2019 I\u2019ve long said that NATO is a one-way street.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n This post has been updated with additional information.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump on Sunday warned that NATO faces a \u201cvery bad\u201d future if US allies fail to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-341545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}