Trump Says We Don’t Need Strait of Hormuz While Asking Allies to Enter War There

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KEY POINTS

•President Donald Trump criticized US efforts protecting the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday while aboard Air Force One.
•He suggested the US might not need to be in the region due to abundant domestic oil reserves.
•Despite this, Trump urged European and NATO allies to join the war effort securing the strategically vital strait.

On a wild Sunday elevator ride aboard Air Force One, President Donald Trump managed to simultaneously suggest that the US doesn’t need to protect the Strait of Hormuz because of ‘plenty of oil at home’ while begging European and NATO allies to literally jump into a war in Iran to secure that same strait. The Strait, crucial for global oil flow, is amid the largest oil supply disruption in recorded history, which apparently deserved a contradictory tweet sandwich. To add spice, the US claims it’s already struck over 7,000 mostly commercial and military targets in Iran—because who doesn’t love a little high-volume aerial chaos? Get your popcorn ready; NATO membership applications are in the warzone waiting room.