FeaturedTrump steps up pressure on European allies to help protect strait of Hormuztheguardian.com International News Mar - 16 - 2026 , 10:42 6 minutes readDonald Trump has ratcheted up the pressure on European allies to help protect the strait of Hormuz, warning that Nato faces a “very bad” future if its members fail to come to Washington’s aid. Trump told the Financial Times in an interview: “It’s only appropriate that people who are the beneficiaries of the strait will help to make sure that nothing bad happens there. Trump also told the FT he “may delay” a summit with China’s Xi Jinping as he ramped up the pressure on Beijing, an Iran ally, to help secure the strait. Trump said he expected China to help unblock the strait before he flies to Beijing. “We won’t be sending a ship to the strait of Hormuz,” the transport minister, Catherine King, told the national broadcaster.

Source: The Guardian March 16, 2026 11:47 UTC