Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump said that Washington had spoken to seven countries to help police the Strait of Hormuz, while asserting that Iran’s military capabilities have been sharply degraded in the ongoing conflict.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump said the United States had achieved “very strong results, militarily results” in operations linked to Iran and was now seeking broader international involvement in securing the key global oil shipping route. “We are talking to other countries about working with us on the policing of the strait,” Trump said. “And I think we’re getting a good response.”
The President indicated that roughly seven countries had been contacted about joining the effort. “Just remember that it’s something that we don’t need and these countries do need,” he said, referring to energy shipments passing through the narrow waterway.
The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints, carrying a significant share of global oil supplies. Trump argued that many nations depend on the passage far more than the United States. “We don’t get oil, very little, 1per cent, 2 per cent. And China, as an example, gets about 90 per cent of its oil from the Hormuz Strait,” he said. Trump suggested that countries benefiting from the route should play a larger role in safeguarding it. “I’m really demanding that these countries come in and protect their own territory because it is their territory,” he said.
