Trump says 'many countries' will send warships to keep strait of hormuz open

Quick Summary​

President Trump said that “many countries”—including China, France, Japan, South Korea and Britain—would send warships alongside the U.S. to keep the Strait of Hormuz open amidst Iran’s threats, though no commitments have been confirmed. Shipping remains largely halted due to mine, missile and drone

March 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that many countries would send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, but did not provide details on which countries would do so.

Details from Trump's Truth Social Post​

"Many Countries, especially those who are affected by Iran’s attempted closure of the Hormuz Strait, will be sending War Ships, in conjunction with the United States of America, to keep the Strait open and safe," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.

Potential Participating Countries​

Trump said he hoped that China, France, Japan, South Korea, Britain and others would send ships to the area.

Trump: Multiple Nations to Send Warships to Secure Strait of Hormuz

Trump claims many countries will join the US in sending warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open after Iranian threats. Details remain unspecified.

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[KMendel]

Could be wishful thinking on Trump’s part......
How many of those countries want to deal with the Iranian fallout,
should they get involved...... or the ramifications of terrorist activity in their homelands?

 

[Andy C]

Its in the global interest for countries to send warships. Also, I suspect Trump has leverage on many to use, to force their moves to send ships.

 

[dwb]

Probably showing my ignorance here, but would it be possible for the UAE to construct a canal on their side similar to the Panama Canal for container ships to by-pass the Iranian side of the Straights of Hormuz.

 

[Hol]

From X:

Oil tankers are shifting to the Saudi pipeline-fed oil access in the Red Sea. And as others have pointed out, the vaunted Houthis are doing nothing to stop it.

How very interesting.

https://x.com/HorEmperor/status/2032886019331084330?s=20

More:

Saudi Arabia built a 1,200 kilometer pipeline from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea.Quietly. While everyone else depended on Hormuz.

The hedge was built forty-five years before it was needed.

https://x.com/herrmann_l0578/status/2033127728539467846?s=20

 

[1LoverofGod]

Iran has made a statement that any country are free to access the Hormuz Strait except for Israel and US.

Any country except for US and Israel can pass through Strait of Hormuz, Iranian Foreign Minister says​

Any country except for US and Israel can pass through Strait of Hormuz, Iranian Foreign Minister says

All countries other than the US and Israel can have their ships pass through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s top diplomat said Saturday.

nypost.com

But I think in seeing how Iran has been striking their own Arab neighbors, Iran cant be trusted, which is true.

I dont think the other countries are getting involved as a support to the US, nor has Trump pulled them into it, rather its in their own interest of their economic security that they are getting involved

Top 5 countries reliant on the Strait of Hormuz for oil imports​

The Strait of Hormuz remains one of the most critical arteries of the global energy system. Nearly 20 percent of global oil consumption and about a quarter of the world’s seaborne liquefied natural gas (LNG) pass through the narrow waterway each day.

Top 5 countries reliant on the Strait of Hormuz for oil imports - Businessday NG

The Strait of Hormuz remains one of the most critical arteries of the global energy system. Nearly 20 percent of global oil consumption...

businessday.ng

 

[dwb]

I think NATO has become too Islamized to help the U.S. against Iran.

https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/nato-allies-hormuz-strait/2026/03/16/id/1249645/

The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that the Trump administration plans to announce this week that several countries have agreed to form a naval coalition to escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz.

However, the rejections rolling in Monday raise questions about which countries have agreed to participate.

"What does ... Donald Trump expect a handful or two handfuls of European frigates to do in the Strait of Hormuz that the powerful U.S. navy cannot do?" German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said in Berlin on Monday, as he downplayed threats by Trump that failing to come to Washington's aid could have consequences for the NATO alliance.

"This is not our war, we have not started it," he added.

 

[Andy C]

Lots of countries make public statements contrary to what they say in secure meetings with POTUS.

 

[KMendel]

And, lots of countries are fed up with American leadership.......... especially when they have blown off the importance of
NATO and the UN - and other country's soveriegnty (sp?). You can't bad mouth people and then expect them to come to your
aid when things go south. That is why diplomacy and tact are so important...... but, non-existent in our current political landscape.

 

[Margery]

At the end of the day no matter what the individual countries and leaders do or don't do, they will do what God wants in this hour for His purposes.

If we are seeing Jer 49 and Ezek 32 prophecies about Elam, then the implication is that according to Jer 49:36

36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.

---the opposing armed forces come from all over the globe. Then the survivors will be scattered in all those directions.

 

[Margery]

and if this is just more stage setting, not the Elam prophecies, then it will go according to God's will for that purpose.