Transcript [00:00] Wow, President Trump is angry. He is [00:03] angry about the way the European nations [00:07] have responded to his call for them to [00:11] join him in trying to get the Straits of [00:13] Hormuz opened. It's led to a whole [00:15] conversation about what this will mean [00:17] for the NATO alliance when the dust [00:19] settles after this war. And this is a an [00:22] interesting plot line, [00:24] a subplot, one of the many subplots of [00:27] this war that has been developing really [00:29] only the last few days. And I want to [00:31] get into all of that in this video. One [00:34] of the things I've been trying to do in [00:35] all my videos on the war is cover the [00:37] different what I call subplots, the [00:39] different aspects of this war each in [00:42] separate videos. So, please make sure to [00:44] check out all the rest of the content on [00:46] this channel and follow the war through [00:48] this channel. 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[02:20] We strongly encourage other nations [02:22] whose economies depend on the Strait far [02:24] more than ours. [02:25] You know, we get less than 1% of our oil [02:28] from the Strait. [02:29] And [02:30] some countries get much more. Japan gets [02:33] 95%. [02:34] China gets 90%. Many of the Europeans [02:37] get quite a quite a bit. South Korea [02:40] gets 35%. [02:42] So, we want them to come and help us [02:44] with the [02:46] Strait. We have it in very good shape. [02:49] The countries I said we've already taken [02:51] care of Iran, but now because of the [02:54] fact that literally a [02:55] single terrorist can put something in [02:58] the water or shoot something or shoot a [02:59] missile, a small missile, [03:02] and it's fairly close range because it [03:04] is a tight area. [03:06] And which is one of the reasons they [03:08] they've always used that as a weapon. [03:10] Iran has always used that as an economic [03:13] weapon and [03:15] it's not going to be able to use be used [03:17] very long. [03:19] Numerous countries have told me they're [03:21] on the way. [03:23] Some are very enthusiastic about it and [03:26] some aren't. Some are countries that [03:28] we've helped for many, many years. [03:30] We've protected them [03:33] from horrible outside sources [03:36] and they weren't that enthusiastic. [03:40] And the level of enthusia- of enthusiasm [03:43] it matters to me. We have some countries [03:45] where we have 45,000 [03:47] soldiers, great soldiers protecting them [03:50] from [03:51] harm's way. [03:53] And we have done a great job. [03:56] And well, we want to know, do you have [03:58] any minesweepers? [04:00] Well, we'd rather would rather not get [04:02] involved, sir. [04:04] And I said, for you mean for 40 years [04:06] we're protecting you and you don't want [04:07] to get involved in something that is [04:09] very minor. Very few shots going to be [04:12] taken cuz they don't have many shots [04:13] left. [04:15] But they said, we'd rather not uh [04:17] get involved. I just want the fake news [04:20] media and everybody else to remember [04:23] that that was said because [04:26] when [04:27] I've been a big critic of all of the [04:29] protecting of countries because I know [04:31] that we'll protect them [04:33] and [04:34] if ever needed, if we ever needed help, [04:37] they won't be there for us. I've just [04:39] known that for a long period of time. [04:42] >> [snorts] [04:43] >> Wow, that's I mean, that is a really [04:46] explosive clip if you think about what [04:48] he's saying there and when he goes off [04:50] script and and start and starts talking [04:52] about his frustration with them about [04:54] how America's been protecting these [04:56] nations for a long time. And this brings [04:58] to mind an important point. Before we [05:01] get on to the next clip, I just want to [05:03] I was thinking as I was watching it. [05:06] The [05:07] It is It is true that on paper or not [05:11] not just on paper, officially, if you [05:13] check it out, the largest recipient [05:16] of foreign aid [05:19] by the United States is Israel, $3.8 [05:21] billion a year. Israel gets the most [05:23] money from America. America pays for [05:24] Israel, right? Israel is the largest [05:26] recipient of foreign aid. Great. [05:29] I've said this in other videos. [05:31] America has no troops in Israel. It has [05:34] no base in Israel. It has bases all over [05:37] the Middle East. It has bases all over [05:38] Europe. Just talked about 45,000 [05:41] men on the ground. He didn't say which [05:43] country he was talking about they were [05:44] protecting, but the United States [05:46] protects all the European nations. It [05:48] protects Germany. It protects France. It [05:50] protects all of them. [05:51] Protects all of them. [05:54] So, when we say, "Oh, Israel gets the [05:56] most foreign aid." Yes, as a dollar [06:00] amount listed as foreign aid, Israel [06:02] gets gets the most. But all of those [06:04] troops in Europe protecting these [06:06] European nations, all of that equipment [06:08] in Europe, those bases in Europe [06:09] protecting European nations, [06:13] how much does that cost? [06:15] Oh, but that's not foreign aid, you see. [06:17] You see, that's defense spending. I've [06:19] made this point before, but it's worth [06:21] saying again. And we should have this [06:23] argument in our back pocket when we're [06:24] having these conversations about Israel [06:26] being paid for by America, right? [06:29] How much do those bases cost? How much [06:31] do those do those personnel in Europe [06:33] cost? Billions and billions of dollars, [06:34] way more than what Israel gets. Oh, but [06:38] that's not aid. That's defense spending, [06:40] you see. [06:42] And that's where this whole conversation [06:43] is so muddled. So, yeah, let's have a [06:46] conversation about which nations abroad [06:48] are paid for by the United States. Which [06:50] nations abroad is America spending the [06:53] most money on? Yeah, that's defense [06:54] spending and that's aid. So, Israel gets [06:56] the most aid. [06:59] Spare me. [07:01] It's nonsense. [07:03] And and the Trump administration knows [07:05] it. That's why they referred to Israel [07:06] as a model ally. Israel fights. Israel [07:08] spends [07:09] way more as a percentage of their GDP on [07:12] defense than any of these European [07:14] nations. [07:15] Israel's willing to get into the fight [07:19] on its own and Israel does not require [07:21] American bases or or boots on the [07:23] ground. [07:26] So, spare me the Israel is the greatest [07:28] beneficiary of American aid. It's [07:30] nonsense. If we If we talk about [07:32] expenditure on behalf of other nations, [07:34] it's not even close. Okay, enough with [07:35] that. Here's the second clip. So, that [07:38] was [07:39] what the first clip I just showed you [07:40] was part of Trump's opening statement. [07:43] And then he started talking about the [07:44] Kennedy Center, which is the main reason [07:46] for this event. And then he opened it up [07:47] to questions from media. And one of the [07:52] one of the one of the reporters present [07:54] referred back to that first clip that I [07:56] just showed you that was near the [07:57] beginning of his remarks and asked him [07:59] about these nations that have pledged to [08:01] get involved. Numerous countries have [08:04] told me they are on their way. Can you [08:05] give us a hint what they are, what that [08:08] entails, how soon they might be there? [08:09] >> who are the countries? [08:10] >> Yes, sir. [08:11] >> I'd rather not say yet, but we'll be [08:12] announcing a Marco Rubio and the various [08:15] people that are doing that will be [08:17] announcing. And we do I have to tell [08:19] you, we have some that are really [08:21] enthusiastic. They're coming already. [08:23] They've already started to get there. [08:26] You know, it takes a little while to get [08:27] there. It's like in some cases you have [08:29] to travel [08:30] an ocean. [08:31] So, doesn't go that fast, but it'll go [08:34] fast. And we have some that are fairly [08:36] local that are doing it. But [08:39] we'll be We'll give you a list. Some are [08:41] very enthusiastic and some are less than [08:44] enthusiastic. And I assume some will not [08:47] do it. [08:48] I think we have one or two that will not [08:50] do it that we've been protecting for [08:51] about 40 years at, you know, tens of [08:54] billions of dollars, Mr. Speaker. So, [08:57] I'll I'll be reporting that to you in [09:00] the House and the Senate. And I'll say, [09:02] "Why are we protecting countries that [09:04] don't protect us?" And I've always felt [09:06] that was a weakness of NATO. We were [09:08] going to protect them, but I always [09:10] said, "When in need, they won't protect [09:12] us." Now, this isn't need. Need would be [09:16] one of the big boys. But I will say that [09:20] we built the greatest military in the [09:21] world and we protect people. And if we [09:24] need their mine boats or if we need [09:28] anything any piece of apparatus that [09:31] they may have because of a situation [09:33] that they have, they should be jumping [09:36] to help us cuz we've helped them for [09:37] years stay out of wars. Yeah, please. [09:39] Thank you very much, Mr. President. Can [09:41] you tell us if you have spoken with [09:43] French President Macron about the [09:45] coalition to reopen the Strait of [09:47] Hormuz? Have you been speaking with the [09:49] French President? What What does that [09:51] mean? Have you been speaking with the [09:53] French President Macron about the [09:55] coalition to reopen the Strait of [09:57] Hormuz. [09:58] >> Yeah, I have I have spoken to him. [10:00] Um he's been [10:03] on a scale of 0 to 10, [10:06] I'd say he's been an eight. [10:08] Not perfect, [10:10] but it's France. [10:12] >> [snorts and laughter] [10:13] >> Are you confident [10:13] >> expect perfection. Are you confident [10:15] that France will help with the reopening [10:18] of Strait of Hormuz? [10:20] Yeah, I mean, sure. He's going to [10:22] I think he's going to help. I mean, I'll [10:23] let you know. I I spoke to him [10:25] yesterday. [10:26] Um I don't do a hard sell on them [10:29] because my attitude is [10:32] we don't need anybody. We're the [10:34] strongest nation in the world. We have [10:36] the strongest military by far in the [10:38] world. We don't need them. But [10:41] it's interesting. I'm almost doing it in [10:43] some cases not because we need them, but [10:45] because I want to find out how they [10:46] react. [10:47] Cuz I've been saying for years that if [10:48] we ever did need them, they won't be [10:50] there. Not all of them, but they won't [10:52] be there. I was very surprised with the [10:54] United Kingdom. [10:56] Cuz the United Kingdom [10:58] >> [snorts] [10:58] >> 2 weeks ago, I said, "Why don't you send [11:00] some ships over?" And he really didn't [11:02] want to do it. [11:03] >> [clears throat] [11:04] >> I said, "You don't want to do it. We've [11:05] been with you. You're our oldest ally. [11:08] And we spend a lot of money on [11:11] you know, NATO and all of these things [11:12] to protect you. [11:14] I mean, we're protecting them. We're [11:15] working with them on Ukraine. Ukraine's [11:17] thousands of miles away separated by a [11:20] vast ocean. [11:22] We don't have to do that, but we did it. [11:24] Well, Biden did it. I mean, I have to be [11:25] honest with you. Three Biden got taken [11:28] to the cleaners. [11:29] But [11:30] we worked with them in Ukraine. We don't [11:32] need to work with them in Ukraine. [11:34] And then they tell us that [11:36] we have a mine ship around. And they [11:39] don't want to do it. I I think it's I [11:40] think it's terrible. No, I would I was [11:43] very surprised. I told him, you know, he [11:45] we requested two aircraft carriers, [11:47] which they had. [11:48] And he didn't really [11:51] want to do it. And then right after the [11:52] war essentially ended, you know, meaning [11:55] uh they were obliterated. [11:57] He said, uh [11:58] "I would like to send the aircraft [12:00] carriers." I said, [12:02] "I don't need them after the war is [12:03] ended and won. I need it before the [12:05] war." So, I was very upset with not [12:08] upset. I was I was not happy [12:11] with the UK. [12:13] Uh I think they'll be involved. Yeah, [12:14] maybe. But they should be involved [12:16] enthusiastically. We've been protecting [12:18] these countries for years with NATO cuz [12:21] NATO is us. [12:23] You can ask Putin. Putin fears us. He [12:26] doesn't fear He has no fear of Europe [12:28] whatsoever. He fears [12:31] the United States of America and the [12:33] military that was built by me in the [12:35] first term. Yeah. [12:37] President You mentioned uh the [12:39] significant amount of oil that [12:42] Okay. [12:45] There you go. And you know, so in these [12:47] clips, Trump is saying a whole lot more [12:50] than just oh, we wanted their help and [12:52] they're not sending their help. You [12:53] realize what he's what he's signaling [12:55] here. He's saying [12:56] that he's even kind of doing it to test [12:58] them to see whether they're going to be [13:00] involved or whether they're going to [13:00] stand with America. And he's he's [13:05] whether this is his goal or not, the [13:07] result of this is that this situation is [13:10] being used by President Trump to show [13:12] the world in plain sight how impotent [13:15] these European countries are. How how [13:19] they are not willing to lift a finger [13:22] even for the United States protecting [13:24] their own national interests. And the [13:27] fact that they don't even think of them [13:28] as their national interests or maybe it [13:30] is is itself mind-boggling. We'll get [13:33] into that more in a little bit. But then [13:35] Trump after that put out a Truth Social [13:38] post [13:39] where he said as follows, "The United [13:40] States has been informed by most of our [13:42] NATO allies" and he puts allies in in [13:44] quotes "that they don't want to get [13:46] involved with our military operation [13:47] against the terrorist regime of Iran in [13:49] the Middle East. This despite the fact [13:52] that almost every country strongly [13:53] agreed with what we are doing and that [13:56] Iran cannot in any way, shape, or form [13:58] be allowed to have a nuclear weapon. [14:00] I'm not surprised by their action, [14:02] however, because I always considered [14:04] NATO, where we spend hundreds of [14:05] billions of dollars per year protecting [14:08] these same countries to be a a one-way [14:10] street. We will protect them, but they [14:12] will do nothing for us in particular in [14:15] a time of need. Fortunately, we have [14:17] decimated Iran's military, their navy is [14:19] gone, their air force is gone, their [14:21] anti-aircraft and radar is gone, and [14:23] perhaps most importantly, their leaders [14:24] at virtually every level are gone, never [14:27] to threaten us, our Middle East allies, [14:30] or the world again because of the fact [14:32] that we have had such military success, [14:35] we no longer need or desire the NATO [14:38] countries' assistance. We never did. [14:40] Likewise, Japan, Australia, or South [14:43] Korea. In fact, speaking as President of [14:45] the United States of America, by far the [14:47] most powerful country in the world [14:49] anywhere in the world, we do not need [14:50] the help of anyone. Thank you for your [14:52] attention to this matter. President [14:54] Donald J. Trump." You see how [14:57] this is a long This is a long Truth [14:59] Social post. [15:00] And you see what he's you know, he's [15:03] he's really he's really signaling to [15:06] that you know, to NATO that [15:08] who knows, maybe their days are [15:09] numbered. [15:10] And then we have the response of the [15:12] European nations. This is in Politico [15:15] from uh [15:16] When when was this? [15:18] This is from 2 days ago, right? Don't [15:20] blackmail us. Europe rejects Trump's [15:22] demand to help clean up Hormuz's mess. [15:24] This is not Europe's war, the EU tells [15:27] Washington. Europe's message to Donald [15:29] Trump on Monday was clear. We're not [15:31] helping you secure the Strait of Hormuz. [15:33] Foreign ministers from the 27 EU [15:36] countries gathered in Brussels to [15:38] discuss the American president's call [15:40] for European countries to help secure [15:42] the narrow waterway. [15:44] But the Straits of Hormuz, we all know [15:45] how important it is. That's what it [15:47] talks about here. [15:48] Among the ideas floated was expanding [15:50] the mandate of the EU's naval mission to [15:53] allow European warships to be sent to [15:55] patrol the strait between the Persian [15:57] Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. Meaning, he [15:58] wasn't asking them to get involved [16:00] militarily. He was asking them to secure [16:02] the the strait. That's very important. [16:05] Okay, I I want to stress that. They're [16:07] saying up here, [16:08] right? Don't blackmail us. This is not [16:10] Europe's war, right? But he's not asking [16:12] them to fight. [16:14] He's asking them to help secure the [16:16] Straits of Hormuz. [16:18] But hours after closed-door talks about [16:19] the war in Iran, Europe's foreign envoys [16:21] made clear that they see this as [16:22] America's problem to solve. [16:25] Quote, "Europe has no interest in an [16:26] open-ended war." EU top diplomat Kaja [16:30] Kaja Kallas said Monday evening after [16:32] the meeting, "This is not Europe's war, [16:34] but Europe's interests are directly at [16:36] stake." Okay? Although there was a clear [16:39] wish among ministers to strengthen the [16:40] EU's naval mission in the Middle East, [16:42] there was no appetite in changing the [16:44] mandate. [16:45] Extending this mandate to cover the [16:47] Strait of Hormuz, there was no appetite [16:48] from the member states to do that. [16:50] Nobody wants to go actively in this war. [16:52] I'm going to say it again. He was not [16:54] asking them to join the war kinetically, [16:56] to fight alongside the United States and [16:57] Israel. He was not. [16:59] He was asking them to help secure the [17:01] Straits of Hormuz so that so that [17:03] shipping can go through. To help, not to [17:05] do it themselves. Trump told the [17:07] Financial Times at the week at the [17:09] weekend, "It would be very bad for the [17:11] future of NATO." Whoa. [17:14] Very bad for the future of NATO. So, now [17:17] he's not talking about now anymore. He's [17:18] talking about the fallout after the war. [17:21] If European countries failed to respond [17:23] to his call for help, he wrote on social [17:25] media that he was in contact with seven [17:27] countries about securing the strait [17:29] without naming which countries he was [17:30] referring to. And on Monday, he told [17:32] reporters he was confident that France [17:34] would assist the US. [17:35] Uh and that's what I I played you that [17:37] clip before. [17:39] Um I've been right and then it it quotes [17:42] some more from what we already saw. Here [17:43] we go. [17:45] European capitals clearly don't want to [17:48] get involved though and wish Trump would [17:49] stop asking. Quote, "The Americans chose [17:53] this path together with the Israelis." [17:54] German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius [17:56] said, adding that Germany's main [17:58] responsibility was to defend NATO [18:01] territory. We did not start this war, [18:03] Pistorius stressed. German Chancellor [18:05] Friedrich Merz also poured scorn on the [18:07] idea of committing Berlin to the [18:09] conflict. [18:11] Okay, NATO is a defensive alliance, not [18:13] an interventionist one, and that is [18:15] precisely why NATO has no place here at [18:17] all. He wasn't asking for NATO. He was [18:20] asking for these countries to help [18:22] secure the Hormuz Straits. [18:24] Um Merz Merz went on to say, "I hope [18:27] that we will treat one another with the [18:28] necessary respect within the alliance." [18:31] Oh, let's all just play nice and and you [18:32] know, be diplomats. [18:35] US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker's [18:37] on Monday reiterated Trump's call for [18:39] allies to support the war in Iran given [18:41] they import limited volumes of oil from [18:44] the Gulf region. Quote, "Ultimately, [18:46] that security of the Strait of Hormuz is [18:48] in their interest." [18:53] Trump is absolutely right to suggest [18:55] that our allies need to come to help us [18:57] and support our efforts. [19:00] Okay? [19:01] Um [19:04] And then Kallas [19:06] Here we go. Some allies won't be steered [19:08] into into involvement here. It's it's [19:11] not directly NATO's area of [19:13] responsibility. And then this guy Kallas [19:15] Kaja Kallas from the EU said that Europe [19:18] is not part of this war. We did not [19:19] start this war. [19:21] And the political objectives are [19:22] unclear. [19:23] Okay. [19:25] So, the European European nations are [19:26] saying we don't we don't want anything [19:27] to do with this. This isn't our war. But [19:29] again, the request from the United [19:31] States was to help secure the Straits of [19:34] Hormuz. Okay. [19:36] And Lindsey [19:38] Graham [19:39] >> [clears throat] [19:39] >> Senator Lindsey Graham from [19:41] uh [19:42] put up this post on X [19:46] during [19:47] all this flap. Spoke to Podesta, just [19:50] spoke to President Trump about our [19:51] European allies' unwillingness to [19:53] provide assets to keep the Strait of [19:55] Hormuz functioning, which benefits [19:57] Europe far more than America. I've never [19:59] heard him so angry in my life. I share [20:01] that anger given what's at stake. The [20:03] arrogance of our allies to suggest that [20:05] Iran with a nuclear weapon is of little [20:07] concern and that military action to stop [20:10] the Ayatollah from acquiring a nuclear [20:11] bomb is our problem, not theirs, is [20:13] beyond offensive. [20:15] The European approach to containing the [20:16] Ayatollah's nuclear ambitions have [20:18] proven to be a miserable failure. The [20:21] repercussions of providing little [20:22] assistance to keep the Strait of Hormuz [20:24] functioning are going to be wide and [20:26] deep for Europe and America. [20:29] I consider myself very forward-leaning [20:31] on supporting alliances. However, at a [20:33] time of real testing like this, it makes [20:35] me second-guess the value of these [20:36] alliances. I'm certain that I'm not the [20:38] only senator who feels this way. Let me [20:40] pull back the camera and just and [20:43] just remind us all of something. [20:46] I'm going to state some obvious things. [20:48] The United States is part of NATO. NATO [20:52] is an alliance. [20:53] Okay? The purpose of NATO isn't to [20:55] protect Europe. [20:57] It's not to protect Germany and France. [20:58] It's to protect the NATO alliance. [21:02] The Iranian regime, [21:04] ballistic missiles, building a nuclear [21:06] program, and shouting death to America [21:09] every day. Not just shouting it as as a [21:10] slogan, but as Ayatollah Ali Khamenei [21:13] said multiple times, death to America is [21:16] not a slogan, it is a policy. It is what [21:18] they were intending to do. These are [21:20] Shiite Muslims. If they gotten a hold of [21:21] a a nuclear weapon, they would use it [21:23] and they're threatening America. [21:25] Now, in war, there is such a thing as a [21:28] preemptive strike, [21:30] right? [21:31] It doesn't mean that oh, you're starting [21:33] a war. If you see your enemy is is going [21:35] down a path that threatens you and you [21:37] strike preemptively. That's what the [21:39] United States did here. They are at war. [21:41] Now, I'm not saying it's a NATO war [21:44] necessarily. I'm not saying NATO by [21:45] Article 5 is obligated to join it. [21:49] But to just say this has nothing to do [21:51] with us, wait and as Trump said, what [21:53] Wait a second. Does Ukraine have [21:55] anything to do with us? [21:57] Amer- meaning America. [21:59] Does having [22:01] 45,000 troops on the ground [22:03] protecting various European nations [22:06] Does that have anything to do with the [22:07] United States? It's protecting you. [22:10] The United States is seeking to protect [22:12] its interests and it's asking for help [22:14] from its [22:15] from these from these allied nations. [22:18] So, we are seeing [22:21] We are seeing a real shift in the [22:23] attitude towards NATO [22:25] coming out of America. It's on display. [22:28] And [22:29] you know, here we have this in Euronews [22:32] from yesterday. [22:33] Trump says leaving NATO is certainly [22:35] something that we should think about [22:37] after US President Donald Trump [22:39] expressed disappointment with NATO [22:40] allies for not responding to his call to [22:43] provide security in the Strait of [22:45] Hormuz. I'm saying it again. He wasn't [22:47] asking them to fight. He was asked by a [22:49] reporter if he's considering withdrawing [22:51] from the military alliance. Quote, it's [22:54] certainly something we should think [22:55] about. I don't need Congress for that [22:58] decision, Trump said, adding, I have [23:00] nothing currently in mind, but I'm not [23:03] exactly thrilled. Now, of course, Trump [23:04] is never going to say what he's going to [23:05] do until he does it [23:07] because there's no there's no added [23:09] there's no added value to it. But Trump [23:11] is signaling he's he's showing the world [23:15] what the NATO alliance actually is. [23:16] Think of what he said in one of in that [23:18] second clip when he was responding to [23:20] that he said NATO he said we're NATO. We [23:22] pay for NATO. NATO is the United States. [23:27] But NATO's NATO's not all these nations. [23:29] All those nations are just protectorates [23:30] of the United States. [23:32] Earlier on Tuesday, Trump, whose call [23:34] for assistance from allies to reopen the [23:36] Strait of Hormuz to oil traffic has [23:37] largely been rebuffed, said in a social [23:40] media post that the US forces no longer [23:42] need military help. [23:44] And just to [23:46] and then Keir Starmer, as you know, [23:48] opening the Straits of Hormuz is not [23:49] going to be easy and we don't want to be [23:51] drawn into a wider war. It's it's going [23:53] to be difficult. Yeah, we we only do [23:55] things if they're easy. Keir Starmer [23:56] warned Monday that opening the Strait of [23:58] Hormuz is not going to be easy. [24:00] Speaking at a press conference in [24:02] Downing Street, the UK Prime Minister [24:03] said that he's working with European [24:05] nations to draw up a viable plan to [24:07] secure the navigation of oil tankers [24:09] during the war in the Middle East. A [24:10] viable plan. Oh, yeah, we're we're [24:13] drawing up a a viable We're [24:15] We're working on viable plans to do [24:17] this, but we don't want to get dragged [24:18] into a war. [24:20] Starmer said the only way to secure [24:21] stability in the oil market is to reopen [24:23] the Strait of Hormuz, but added that is [24:25] not a simple task. So, we're working [24:27] with our allies, including our European [24:29] partners, to bring together a viable [24:31] collective plan that can restore freedom [24:33] of navigation into the region as quickly [24:34] as possible and ease the economic [24:36] impacts. [24:38] Let me be clear, that won't be and is [24:40] never envisioned to be a NATO mission. [24:43] Right? The British PM is looking at an [24:44] alliance of partners across Europe, the [24:46] Gulf and the US. The Iran conflict has [24:48] put the Trump-Starmer relationship under [24:51] heavy strain. We saw that. [24:53] And uh [24:55] yeah, so that's so that's what is going [24:58] on here. So, we see from all of this [25:01] that one of the plot lines that we [25:03] should be watching as this war [25:05] progresses [25:06] is the question of whether or not [25:10] the question of whether or not the [25:12] United States is going to pull out of [25:14] NATO when this is all said and done. But [25:16] certainly, it's revealed the fact that [25:19] NATO is not really an alliance. Uh the [25:22] United States is not very happy and as [25:24] Lindsey Graham said, he's not the only [25:25] senator who feels that way and President [25:27] Trump feels that way. [25:28] So, we're going to be watching this [25:30] as it unfolds in the coming days. [25:33] All right. 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