The rejection came after Trump had sought allies’ help in opening the Strait of Hormuz.
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Many countries of NATO may be members, but they don’t necessarily have got the U.S.’ back.
President Donald Trump has expressed disenchantment with most countries of NATO, as the majority of the members have offered little if any assistance in the current war against Iran.
By contrast, Trump praised the support of local partners in the Middle East. He offered his criticism days after raising calls for the international community to come to the aid to secure commercial traffic in the Strait of Hormuz against threats from Iran, according to The Epoch Times.
Trump called on NATO countries after U.S. and Israeli forces attacked Iran on Feb. 28. Shortly thereafter, Iranian forces started attacking commercial vessels who were attempting to transit the narrow waterway, which serves as a key artery for global oil exports.
“The United States has been informed by most of our NATO ‘Allies’ that they don’t want to get involved with our Military Operation against the Terrorist Regime of Iran, in the Middle East,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social on March 17.
“This, despite the fact that almost every Country strongly agreed with what we are doing, and that Iran cannot, in any way, shape, or form, be allowed to have a Nuclear Weapon.”
Keir Starmer hits back after Trump mocks refusal to join US war of choice in Iran
— HatsOff (@HatsOffff) March 18, 2026
"No matter what, we are not going to participate in a war against Iran. We will not give bases to the US to attack.” pic.twitter.com/WyWgjgFWQW
Trump’s calls for NATO support have met with mixed reviews.
Since the first days of the conflict, Spain blocked U.S. forces from using military bases in their country to support operations against Iran, and said the conflict is at odds with the U.N. Charter.
Similarly, the German government also doubted the case for becoming involved in the conflict.
“This is not our war; we have not started it,” German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius told reporters on March 16.
On March 16, Trump said at the Kennedy Center that British Prime Minister Keir Starmer had denied his request to dispatch two aircraft carriers to the Middle East.
By contrast, French President Emmanuel Macron had sent an aircraft carrier to the eastern Mediterranean just days into the conflict.
“We are not party to the conflict,” Macron said on March 17. “But we are ready in the Strait of Hormuz, with our partners, to guarantee freedom of navigation when conditions permit.”
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