France will never take part in operations to unblock Hormuz Strait amid hostilities, says Macron

https://www.reuters.com/world/france-will-never-take-part-operations-unblock-hormuz-strait-amid-hostilities-2026-03-17/

34 Comments

  1. GuiltyAnalysis3316 on

    The other day, I thought this entire mess was like something from Looney Tunes but the sheer stupidity of all of this makes me think that you could pick a random person from the street and they would do a much better job than world leaders and all their offices, who sit on nuclear weapons while committing war crimes and hiding the truth.

  2. This isn’t really their conflict. Why would any other country be blamed for this? Israel tugged on our strings and we got played, actions have consequences.

  3. Ok_Interest_9006 on

    But Trump said they were probably going to help because Macron said so.
    Trump is such a goddamn LIAR

  4. This war is truly the most magnificent of deals if you expect to die within 5 years and don’t give a rats ass about anything happening after that.

    This man is running the equivalent of a cocaine hooker party with his country while selling the antique furniture he inherited that was build up piece by piece over decades for scraps to keep it going in the short term.

    He knows full well he will never even live in the country that comes afterwards. Not for long anyway.

  5. WardenEdgewise on

    The EU and NATO nations need to all Collectively leave Trump and his moron administration to wallow in their middle east quagmire.

  6. These types of headlines from France, the UK or NATO in relation to the US would have sounded unreal just two years ago. But now they are normal. Trump has managed to alienate most nations through all his humiliation, threats of annexation and random tariffs. Good strategy there, Don. Why don’t you call Carney “governor” one more time or hand out another tariff? I’m sure that’ll fix it.

  7. roraima_is_very_tall on

    >Trump, speaking at a White House event on Monday, said he had spoken to Macron, giving him an “8 out of 10” score on his stance towards getting allies to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, and suggested Macron would join U.S.-backed efforts.

    you mean, trump lied?? not possible!

  8. Zero_Squared on

    Yet yesterday Trump said France was going , during the press conference, & he gave Macron an 8/10 for deciding to help the US.

  9. Embarrassed_Tax_3181 on

    What’s the point of escorting ships only after hostilities and violence have died down. So once there is peace, only then we will protect the ships? Doesn’t that defeat the whole purpose of the escort in the first place? Wouldn’t the whole point of negotiations be not needing these escorts?

  10. JohnBPrettyGood on

    It’s like TACO has Stepped on a Rake

    (Hey How’s the DOW)

    NATO IS NOT Trump’s Personal Army

    Seniors voted to gut Social Security

    Men voted for their wives and daughters to die from miscarriages

    Immigrants voted for deportation raids

    Poor people voted for tax cuts for Billionaires

    Women voted to have fewer rights than men

    Police voted for a convicted felon

    Veterans voted for a draft dodger who called them suckers and losers

    And after insulting NATO he asks for their help

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDgfOdEJyZE

    Just thought we might need to review this:

    Impeachment vs Impeachment and Removal : 218 votes in the House only impeaches (formally accuses), but it’s a two-thirds majority in the Senate required for conviction and removal from office, meaning a President must be convicted by that supermajority to be forced out, not just impeached. The House’s 218 votes (a simple majority) is just the first step, leading to a Senate trial where a 2/3 vote is needed for removal; if they don’t get those votes, the President stays in office.

  11. junkyardfloozy on

    That’s France, Germany and the UK. This is exactly what European nations should be doing: uniting against US/Russia and Israel.

    Continued support for Ukraine; continued sanctions against Russia; continued non-aggression stance on Iran.

    The US is a hostile state, treat them like one.

  12. Trump constantly says stuff like “We don’t need them” and “We have the strongest military in the world” so it’s no wonder that nobody will respond to Trump.

  13. Conservatives at learning in real time that bilateral relationships aren’t a thing and that even if we’re the biggest dog on the planet, we still can’t go it alone.

    Lol, who am I kidding. They won’t learn shit. Just continue to break stuff in hopes that something works. Like toddlers.

  14. Best_Talk_6853 on

    From what I understand, any ships going there will be sitting ducks, bc the waterway is narrow and I guess kind of shallow. Even great powers are susceptible to RPGs and drones and such. And Trump and Kegsbreath didn’t plan for any of this, bc they are fucking morons, so we are really quite hosed.

  15. Confident_Forever276 on

    Why can’t you Trump Voters just admit this Guy is an idiot? We all want cheap gas and cost of living. Why are y’all dying on THIS hill?

  16. outsidenewyork on

    Not even if the USA government pays Total Energies 1-2B for cancelled offshore leases? Hmmmm

  17. AFlockOfTySegalls on

    We (the US) literally provoked a war for no reason. Why should anyone come to help us? This is our mess and ours alone.