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https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03/16/world/iran-war-trump-oil-lebanonTrump Disparages Allies for Rebuffing His Requests for Military Assistance
President Trump on Monday disparaged U.S. allies that he said had relied too long and too expensively on American defense, as several of those countries have declined to meet his call to send warships to escort merchant vessels in and out of the Persian Gulf.
We dont need anybody; were the strongest nation in the world, Mr. Trump said. He suggested his request for assistance in reopening the Strait of Hormuz instead amounted to a loyalty test of Americas allies. Im almost doing it in some cases not because we need them but because I want to find out how they react, he said.
Referring to countries that have rebuffed, or reacted coolly, to his appeal for ships, Mr. Trump said he had long believed that if we ever needed help, they wont be there for us, and they were proving his point. He added, You mean for 40 years were protecting you and you dont want to get involved in something thats very minor? noting that Europe, Japan and others depend on oil from the Persian Gulf far more than the United States does.
Even so, Mr. Trump said that numerous countries have told me that theyre on the way. But asked to name them, he replied, Id rather not say yet, but well be announcing them.
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leftstreet
(40,318 posts)He fucked up, there's no exit ramp for him
wnylib
(25,795 posts)GoCubsGo
(34,881 posts)Which is what this is really about. He, being a goddamn moron, created a huge mess, and he wants everyone else to clean it up for him. Nobody's willing to do so, and now he's pouting about it, like the insolent manbaby that he is.
RockRaven
(19,213 posts)Yeah, sure, Dotard.
Blue Owl
(58,937 posts)BlueWaveNeverEnd
(14,002 posts)Deuxcents
(26,591 posts)luvallpeeps
(1,283 posts)Its merely a loyalty test. Hes got this yall. Relax.🫣
2naSalit
(102,228 posts)Just fucking WOW!
livetohike
(24,228 posts)just lets him ramble on and on and on. Hes tying himself in knots over this war.
0rganism
(25,598 posts)Pretty weak sauce, really. Most people outgrow it before puberty.
Srkdqltr
(9,686 posts)Which will leave a mess that blocks the whole waterway?
How is this good for anyone. It isn't good. It's all stupid.
Totally Tunsie
(11,800 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(16,008 posts)SMDH.
Jim__
(15,200 posts)wnylib
(25,795 posts)of the world's most powerful military and weapons. You also have to have the brains to know how to use them and when and where to deploy them. Also how to to cultivate allies.
Emile
(42,046 posts)and now expects everyone to back it. The guy is a fucking idiot!
Old Crank
(6,938 posts)From this administration is fecal matter.
Harker
(17,727 posts)Rob H.
(5,832 posts)What kind of bubble have they surrounded him in that he thinks what's going on is "minor"?
CarolinaNC
(148 posts)Skittles
(171,353 posts)where that bloated fascist fuck isn't embarrassing America
Kingofalldems
(40,241 posts)ecstatic
(35,056 posts)This article reads like something from The Onion. It's sooooo bad that I have to revisit the election.
Did we really elect this guy?
Are my fellow Americans really this stupid?
Katinfl
(778 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(16,008 posts)Buddyzbuddy
(2,499 posts)since he's been in charge.
Klarkashton
(5,245 posts)Trump always does this shit when he's been caught.
FakeNoose
(41,318 posts)Chump doesn't know HOW to be an Ally ... and he has burned every one we've ever had since World War II.

LilElf70
(1,543 posts)I can see it now. A picture of the wicked witch of the west, with the caption "All in good time my pretty..... All in good time".
Yet another diversion. It's sickening.
City Lights
(25,738 posts)What's taking so long, boy?
SeattleVet
(5,892 posts)D_Master81
(2,518 posts)Holy shit this man is embarrassing this country on a daily basis now. Yeah sure, so this was all some kind of test to see how loyal our allies are? If you dont need them then prove it. Get the strait open and hold it. No one believes you. Your bluster is as real as that ridiculous spray tan you put on yourself every day.
BurnDoubt
(1,657 posts)As Sociopathic Psychopath, he doesnt have the mental capacity to see beyond his own eyelashes. He will NEVER understand why people he routinely disparages and abuses dont trust him, or feel compelled to put themselves in danger help a nation that is following his deranged leadership.
He REALLY only understands transactionalism, and even then not very well, beyond whats in it for me?
It ALWAYS ends badly.
Our job going forward is to see they are held accountable.
The Fourth Reich may not last a Thousand years, but the damage to Freedom will.
malaise
(295,482 posts)spanone
(141,424 posts)Botany
(77,160 posts)break up with me because Im breaking up with you first. Trump was begging for help but he got
responses such as the one from the Defense Minister of Germany; "This is not our war, we have not
started it." And then Trump talks shit that he really didnt want Germanys help it really was a test.
OC375
(825 posts)It's the final act before he says "You are making me break the china because you wouldn't help me clean up my mess." Remember, everything is a lawsuit to him, even war, so this is just posturing to say he offered everyone a chance before he opens up and does whatever it is he's intended to do since the onset.
I think he wants a "No" on meaningful coordinated assistance, because then it's just "him", he's the "victim" and justified in a quorum of one of one at that point. Do you really believe he wants other commander-in-chiefs messing things up? Stealing his thunder or his oil? I don't even think he's even really coordinating with Israel in more than the general country to direct fire at.
Trump doesn't share. He leads or he cries and sues.
ananda
(35,010 posts)the last country I'd look to for assistance
would be the USA right now...
our military is so incompetent and compromised,
it's practically worthless.
PatSeg
(53,170 posts)Dear god Donald, they didn't tell you that. You can't just say something and magically make it true.
Lokee11
(405 posts)
I cannot not tolerate that Orange Fucking Idiot much longer - please cholesterol do your dam job already!!!!!!