{"id":204890,"date":"2026-03-21T16:18:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T16:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-blasts-nato-allies-amid-reports-us-will-send-more-troops-to-middle-east-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T16:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T16:18:21","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-president-blasts-nato-allies-amid-reports-us-will-send-more-troops-to-middle-east-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-blasts-nato-allies-amid-reports-us-will-send-more-troops-to-middle-east-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: president blasts Nato allies amid reports US will send more troops to Middle East – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump called alliance members \u2018cowards\u2019 for not wanting \u2018to help open\u2019 the strait of Hormuz; more than a dozen nations later made vague offer to help \u2013 key US politics stories from 20 March at a glance
Several Nato members and other US allied nations pledged on Thursday to join \u201cappropriate efforts to ensure safe passage\u201d through the strait of Hormuz. But the joint statement<\/a> from the leaders of more than a dozen nations \u2013 including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Bahrain \u2013 did not provide details on how they would do this.
That followed a recent bashing by Donald Trump<\/a>, who called alliance members \u201ccowards\u201d for not wanting \u201cto help open\u201d the strait of Hormuz. Iran has effectively closed the strait with periodic attacks on oil tankers and other shipping.
This comes as the US is reportedly preparing to send three more warships and thousands more troops to the Middle East. At the same time, Trump says he is considering \u201cwinding down\u201d the US war on Iran, which has destabilized global trade and international relations<\/a>.
As for a ceasefire? The president said no thanks.
\u201cLook, we can have dialogue but I don\u2019t want to do a ceasefire,\u201d Trump told reporters on Friday. \u201cYou don\u2019t do a ceasefire when you\u2019re literally obliterating the other side.\u201d
Reports that Washington is considering plans to occupy or blockade Kharg Island come despite earlier suggestions by Trump that he was not leaning towards putting \u201cboots on the ground\u201d.
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The Trump administration has issued<\/a> a 30-day sanctions waiver for the purchase of Iranian oil at sea to ease energy supply pressures since the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran, treasury secretary Scott Bessent said.
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Many travelers across the US are continuing to face significant delays at airport security checkpoints as the homeland security department shutdown, which has affected staffing of the Transportation Security Administration, remains ongoing.
With TSA workers going for weeks without pay, staffing shortages have intensified, leading to longer screening times and growing frustration among passengers.
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The Trump administration<\/a> renewed its assault on Harvard University on Friday, filing a lawsuit in Massachusetts alleging the Ivy League institution violated the civil rights of Jewish and Israeli people in the aftermath of the war in Gaza.
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A US military veteran arrested on federal conspiracy charges after participating in a June 2025 protest against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE<\/a>) told the Guardian he refuses to plead guilty and is ready to face justice.
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US stock markets dropped again on Friday, capping off a fourth week of market turbulence as investors worried about the US-Israel war on Iran<\/a> and its widespread impact on global oil prices.
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American farmers have become casualties in the US-Israel war against Iran. Iran closed the strait of Hormuz, cutting off a key fertilizer production and transportation route, and efforts to reopen this crucial trade route have stalled.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
The US Department of Health and Human Services said it is investigating 13 states<\/a><\/strong> that require state-regulated health insurance plans to cover abortion services.
The father of a US military<\/a> member killed in the Iran war has contradicted Pete Hegseth\u2019s claim that bereaved families urged him to \u201cfinish\u201d the job<\/a><\/strong> in the Middle East.
A Canadian<\/a> woman and her seven-year-old daughter with autism who have been held<\/a> by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE<\/a>) for nearly a week have been transferred to a notorious detention center and asked to \u201cself-deport\u201d<\/a><\/strong>, according to her husband, who said the pair had been \u201ctraumatized\u201d by the experience.
A far-right conspiracy theorist turned high-ranking official at the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) claims to have once teleported to a Waffle House.
A federal judge has blocked key portions of the Pentagon\u2019s press access policy<\/a><\/strong>, siding with the New York Times and ruling that the Trump administration\u2019s controversial policy was unconstitutional.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on 19 March 2026<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Trump called alliance members \u2018cowards\u2019 for not wanting \u2018to help open\u2019 the strait of Hormuz; more than a dozen nations later made vague offer to help \u2013 key US politics stories from 20 March at a glanceSeveral Nato members and other US allied nations pledged on Thursday to join \u201cappropriate efforts to ensure safe passage\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":204891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-204890","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-us","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}