The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has again lashed out at several European countries for what he considers their passivity in the face of the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz and their scarce collaboration with the US Armed Forces in the war in Iran. The leader has warned that, given this attitude, Washington will not come to their aid in defense matters, statements that reopen the debate about the White House's commitment to NATO.
In a message disseminated on social media, the American leader directly points to the United Kingdom and other allies who "cannot get jet fuel due to (the crisis) in the Strait of Hormuz", to whom he reminds that he "refused to participate in the 'decapitation' of Iran".
"I make you a suggestion: firstly, buy from the United States, which we have plenty of; and secondly, gather the courage that you have lacked until now, go to the strait and simply take it," he stated in reference to the tensions shaking the global oil market.
Along these lines, he has launched a new warning to that group of countries, which in this message he does not identify concretely, although on previous occasions he has pointed to both European and Asian partners. Trump insists that the United States will make them pay for the lack of commitment in the conflict.
"They will have to start learning to defend themselves; the United States will no longer be there to help them, just as you were not there for us," the president has stressed, who also maintains that Iran "has been decimated" after the joint offensive by the United States and Israel, so "the hard part is already done" and now those countries must go "for their own oil."
Criticism of France for blocking the passage of arms to Israel
In another message published a few minutes later, Trump has lashed out against the French Government for "not allowing planes bound for Israel, loaded with military material, to fly over its territory".
"France has shown very little cooperation with respect to the 'butcher of Iran', who has been successfully eliminated," he denounced, in allusion to supreme leader Ali Khamenei, killed in the first bombings of the war that began on February 28. Subsequently, he warned that Washington "will remember it."