https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/16/trump-backlash-iran-warDonald Trump drew a backlash on Sunday for suggesting US efforts to protect the strait of Hormuz were unnecessary – and that “maybe we shouldn’t even be there at all” because his country has plenty of oil of its own.The president made the contradictory comment to reporters on Air Force One after pleading with European and Nato allies to enter the war against Iran to help the US secure the strait amid the largest oil supply disruption in history.
“Really, I’m demanding that these countries come in and protect their own territory – because it is their territory,” he said.“They should come and they should help us protect it. You could make the case that maybe we shouldn’t even be there at all, because we don’t need it. We have a lot of oil. We’re the number one producer anywhere in the world times two.”Trump received criticism in the early stages of the US and Israel’s three-week war in Iran for failing to convey clear reasons for launching military strikes. He has made a number of antithetical statements since, including telling the UK, which he called a “once great ally”, that its help was not needed in Operation Epic Fury.His comment on Sunday was similarly questioned in an immediate backlash on social media from critics who accused him of starting an unnecessary war – then demanding others step in to help him end it.One post referred to the families of the 13 US service members killed in the conflict as of Sunday – and how they might react to the president’s “shouldn’t even be there” suggestion.The cousin of Tech Sgt Tyler Simmons, one of six airmen killed when a US refueling tanker crashed last week, told Ohio ABC News affiliate WCMH that family was experiencing “the worst nightmare we could ever imagine”.“This could have been prevented,” Stephan Douglas said in an interview before Trump made his Sunday night comments. “We didn’t need to be in this war. This is uncalled for, and this is what we get.”Separately, an editor at the progressive outlet MeidasTouch reposted a reply to video of Trump’s “shouldn’t even be there” comment which read: “Sorry, what was that?”
Trump was speaking on the same day as he reversed his earlier position over outside assistance and stepped up pressure on a raft of other countries to become involved in defending the strait.Australia, France and Japan are among the countries that have said they have no plans to send warships. Keir Starmer, the UK prime minister, said on Monday that he was working with European allies on “a viable plan” to reopen the strait – but insisted the country “will not be drawn into the wider war”.
>Really, I’m demanding that these countries come in and protect their own territory – because it is their territoryTrump on geography
Breathes there the man, with soul so dead,Who never to himself hath said,This is my own, my native land!Whose heart hath ne’er within him burn’d,As home his footsteps he hath turn’d,From wandering on a foreign strand!If such there breathe, go, mark him well;For him no Minstrel raptures swell;High though his titles, proud his name,Boundless his wealth as wish can claim;Despite those titles, power, and pelf,The wretch, concentred all in self,Living, shall forfeit fair renown,And, doubly dying, shall go downTo the vile dust, from whence he sprung,Unwept, unhonour’d, and unsung.
HELL YEAH IF THEY DONT WANT TO HELP THEN LET IRAN KEEP THE STRAIGHT CLOSEDMORE MONEY FOR ANYONE WHO INVESTED IN OIL STOCKS RIGHT BEFORE THIS OBVIOUS WAR STARTEDITS TIME FOR EUROPE TO LEARN THERES NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH AT AMERICAS TABLE
>>1498223>ITS TIME FOR EUROPE TO LEARN THERES NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH AT AMERICAS TABLEbut like, we're one of the ones also paying.
>>1498223what if i'm a broke wagie that has no "oil stocks"? i barely make enough money in my first two hours of my ten hour shift to cover the cost of my commute now
>>1498223The strait’s only closed for the US and Israel
>>1498223when is Israel paying off their tab?
>>1498226>>1498354no rupee for you today esl shill try harder tomorrow
>>1498356The Dunceold wants to quit, and retire but (((they )))won't let him (vids of young girls being raped) because he's too useful where he is.
>>1498364>Trump wants less power and attentionthis has never been true once in his life, esl shill
Europe isn't going to help fight Iran because they are all getting ready to fight Russia. Now that Ukraine is pushing back Russia, they are going to swarm them!
>>1498394trvke, within two indeterminate time units the Germans will belch the final yodel and waltz their way across the russian border in their lederhosen , bringing the joys of transgenderism and immigration to moscow. they will all write a formal apology for WW2 and kneel at the stalingrad memorial
>>1498395you're projecting again, esl shill
>>1498395Russia is so lucky we saved their asses
How much longer must the world suffer that destructive fool?
The war is shitting on the rest of the world making us get less fuel.
>>1498445nice try, esl shill
>>1498457Okay, buddy. I'll try an ESL reverse card at you. https://www.news.com.au/technology/motoring/on-the-road/government-allows-dirtier-fuel-into-australia-to-fight-crippling-supply-shortages/news-story/90c7fe737b2ac9c92f8a693a86de9bd7
>>1498459>redit spacingfuck off back to redit r/tard
>>1498472>https://www.news.com.au/Also, your mother is a whore.
>>1498439until republicans stop being retarded
>>1498475so, never :'(
It's really funny watching someone who has never actually had to work for anything in their entire life fail so spectacularly at something which requires real effort.
>>1498498I think this is the first time EVER that the US asked allies for help and not a single one responded. He's isolated us that fucking much and he's realizing that will be his legacy.
>Trump singlehandedly does more to cut down on oil than any other president>Left pissedI thought you leftists would be happy that he's "fighting climate change." Maybe you are upset because you know it fake and just want cheap gas for your F150 like the rest of us?
>>1498499And somehow, even if he subverts the election process, brings about the collapse of US hegemony, and concentrates 99% of the wealth into the hands of the top 1%, historians will still say that Buchanan was a worse president.
>>1498500Kek, Trump was a green warrior all along. Take that libtards
>>1498472Not reddit spacing and you can't even spell reddit rightGo back to Discord or whatever other hugbox you came from
I voted for him, so anything he does is fine. See? It's just that easy. No need for esl namecalling and such nonsense. Those are things a small child would do, and small children cannot vote.
>>1498226Then the candidates who say we should nationalize the American oil industry will start looking more appealing.
>>1498198https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UrY29WzdZc&t=723sgod emperor will save us all
>>1498507>I don't think adults should do things little children should do.I voted for a president who likes to look at teen girls naked and shits his pants.
>>1498501No one named Buchanan has ever been president.
>>1498686James Buchanan? The guy who encouraged the Confederacy to succeed, trash talked the Union, and ordered the military into Utah to kill Mormons.
