President Trump’s call for some countries not involved in the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran to send ships to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz has received cautious responses.
Mr. Trump named China, Britain, France, Japan and South Korea in a social media post on Saturday, urging them to join an effort to guard the waterway, a conduit for a fifth of the world’s oil shipments.
On Sunday, he warned that NATO faced a “very bad” future if members of the alliance did not help to open the Strait of Hormuz, adding that Europe was more reliant on Middle Eastern oil than the United States. “It’s only appropriate that people who are the beneficiaries of the Strait will help to make sure that nothing bad happens there,” he told the Financial Times.
Mr. Trump also threatened to delay a summit with China’s leader, which is expected to begin at the end of the month in Beijing.
Here is how governments have responded so far: