{"id":204425,"date":"2026-03-17T14:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-threatens-allies-for-not-wading-into-strait-of-hormuz-as-iran-conflict-continues-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T14:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:24:12","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-president-threatens-allies-for-not-wading-into-strait-of-hormuz-as-iran-conflict-continues-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-threatens-allies-for-not-wading-into-strait-of-hormuz-as-iran-conflict-continues-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: president threatens allies for not wading into strait of Hormuz as Iran conflict continues – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

US president wants countries to help police the strait after Iran effectively closed the vital fossil fuel shipping channel \u2013 key US politics stories from Monday 16 March at a glance
Key US allies in Europe and beyond have ruled out sending warships to the strait of Hormuz, despite threats from Donald Trump<\/a> that Nato faces \u201ca very bad future\u201d if members fail to help reopen the vital waterway.
The UK, Germany, France and Italy, along with Australia and Japan, have said they had no plans to send warships.
The US president wants countries to help police the strait after Iran responded to US-Israeli attacks by using drones, missiles and mines to in effect close the channel for tankers that usually transport a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas.
At a press conference on Monday, Trump repeated his call on allies to help reopen shipping in the strait, saying \u201csome are very enthusiastic about it and some aren\u2019t\u201d. He reiterated he was \u201c<\/em>not happy with the UK\u201d, but he thought it would be involved.
Secretary of state Marco Rubio is expected to announce the names of the countries willing to aid the United States.
European ministers have said they need to know more about the US\u2019s and Israel\u2019s war aims. The Estonian foreign minister, Margus Tsahkna, said US allies in Europe<\/a> wanted to understand Trump\u2019s \u201cstrategic goals. What will be the plan?\u201d
European politicians have emphasised diplomatic efforts to reopen the strait, which carried about a fifth of the world\u2019s oil and liquified fossil gas until its effective closure by Iran.
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Donald Trump<\/a> drew a backlash on Sunday for suggesting US efforts to protect the Strait of Hormuz were unnecessary \u2013 and that \u201cmaybe we shouldn\u2019t even be there at all\u201d because his country has plenty of oil of its own.
The president made the contradictory comment to reporters on Air Force One after pleading with European and Nato allies to enter the war<\/a> in Iran to help the US secure the strait amid the largest oil supply disruption<\/a> in history.
\u201cReally, I\u2019m demanding that these countries come in and protect their own territory \u2013 because it is their territory,\u201d he said.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
US citizens living in the Middle East say they\u2019re \u201cangry\u201d at the US state department, criticising the Trump administration for having no \u201cbackup plan\u201d to help them leave the region in the hours and days after the start of the US-Israel war on Iran<\/a>.
One person, whose family voted for Trump for his anti-war stance<\/a>, said she felt \u201cbetrayed\u201d and what she perceived as the treatment of US citizens as \u201can afterthought\u201d.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Donald Trump has claimed he has \u201cthe absolute right\u201d to impose new tariffs after the US supreme court ruled many of the import duties he imposed last year were illegal.
The president attacked the court in a late night broadside on Sunday, accusing it of having \u201cunnecessarily RANSACKED\u201d the US \u2013 and failing to show him sufficient loyalty.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
China has said it is in communication with the US about Donald Trump\u2019s planned visit to Beijing, despite hints from the US president that he might delay the trip if his prospective hosts do not help to unblock the strait of Hormuz.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The appointment of a controversial slate of vaccine advisers by Robert F Kennedy Jr<\/a> likely violated federal law, and all votes taken by the committee over the past year have been stayed, a federal judge ruled on Monday.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The supreme court will hear arguments over the Trump administration\u2019s push to end legal protections for people fleeing war and natural disaster from countries around the world, including Haiti and Syria.
The justices refused to immediately lift the protections for hundreds of thousands of people Monday, allowing them to live and work in the US legally for now.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Donald Trump on Monday publicly revealed details about a Republican congressman\u2019s \u201cterminal\u201d diagnosis that could have left him \u201cdead by June\u201d, prompting Mike Johnson<\/a>, speaker of the House, to say: \u201cThat wasn\u2019t public.\u201d
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
There was scant data behind ending the Covid vaccine recommendation for pregnant people and children<\/a><\/strong>, according to internal memos made public because of a lawsuit against the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Donald Trump reinforced comments made by Brendan Carr, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)<\/a><\/strong>, threatening the broadcast licenses of news organizations that report unfavorably on the war in Iran.
Susie Wiles<\/a>, the first woman to serve as White House chief of staff, has been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer<\/a><\/strong> but plans to continue working while undergoing treatment.
Gregory Bovino<\/a> of the US border patrol, who was demoted in late January as the public face of the controversial and deadly immigration<\/a> crackdown in Minneapolis<\/a>, says he is retiring at the end of March<\/a><\/strong>.
Republican senator John Cornyn and Democratic congressman Greg Casar of Texas<\/a> squabbled outside Austin\u2019s international airport on Monday over funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)<\/a><\/strong>, as the shutdown of the agency enters its second month.
A late winter storm continued a destructive, elemental march across the eastern US<\/a><\/strong>, with thousands of flights canceled or delayed as powerful winds combined with a partial government shutdown delayed travelers passing through airport security scanners.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened Sunday 15 March<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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