Iran threatens to escalate war after Trump says ‘many countries’ will send warships to strait of Hormuz

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/13/trump-military-kharg-island-iran-oil-export

41 Comments

  1. AntiTrollSquad on

    That man clearly lives and makes his own reality. That’s simply not happening. 

  2. eskimospy212 on

    I’m not super confident that sending more ships there would be helpful as the fundamental problem is its narrow and ships are vulnerable there.

    From my understanding what is required to secure the strait is ground troops occupying the coastline near there, which would be a massive escalation. 

    This is of course why previous presidents were smart enough to not get in a war with Iran. 

  3. kinetic_honda on

    Considering how much Asia depends on oil from there, they may be forced to. Iran is currently allowing some countries to go through, but what if that stops?

  4. NoSwordfish6949 on

    Many countries will **not** be sending warships to rescue trump from his latest fuck up.

  5. Catsssssssss on

    Trump only speaks in lies, so whenever you see a “Trump says” anywhere in a statement, you can rest comfortably assured that it is untrue.

  6. Past_Key_1054 on

    The Doge of Venice will send a few galleys & the Hanseatic League will contribute a small fleet of war cogs. All eyes on the Vikings to see if any longboats will make the journey.

  7. I’m always surprised when world leaders threaten to go harder like wtf you were holding back all along???

  8. DragonfruitGrand5683 on

    Escalate? They’ve already attacked their neighbours, attacked civilians on purpose with thousands of drones and ballistic missiles, hit oil tankers, attempted to attack Synagogues, used cyber warfare attacks and even a large scale drone strike on the US.

    Not much to escalate to.

  9. Johnny-Unitas on

    Who? The countries he said he didn’t need? The ones he’s placed tariffs on? The ones who he said didn’t pull their weight in Afghanistan? Nobody is going to go anywhere near this.

  10. I’ve got a pool dinghy that I’m willing to donate to the cause. It’s been badly bleached by the sun, has a hole in it and America will be on the hook for transporting it from my house to the Persian Gulf. That’s the best I can offer. If you don’t show up by 4pm it’s going in the garbage.

  11. > “Many countries”

    Trump means zero. Zero countries. No one wants to be involved in his colossal fuck-up of a war that HE started and has no idea how to finish.

  12. Westbrooks3ptShot on

    Have any countries actually committed to this? From my understanding the risk is too high and no other leaders are playing along.

    What is he going on about? Just playing make believe on social media?

  13. Trump is so used to making shit up and his cult accepting it as truth that he forgot the rest of the world doesn’t work that way

  14. Royal-Hunter3892 on

    After how Trump treated Europe, it doesn’t look like they would willingly join Trump’s war in Iran .

    Trump has already damaged US soft power and now after this conflict the hard power of US has tremendously damaged .This conflict with Iran has changed the perception towards US hard power and its image as a security guaranter.

    Despite massive attacks on Iran and eliminating their leadership US is still appearing weak and looks like it needs backup of NATO to continue the campaign against Iran .

  15. Sweaty_Lobster_1572 on

    Last week he told the UK he didn’t need their help because the war was already won. This week he’s asking for warships from “many countries.”

  16. Capital_Resident_872 on

    Are the “many countries” that he deeeeeefinitely wasn’t disparaging just a month ago aware that they are sending warships there?

  17. TheBestintheWest11 on

    those many countries are not helping lol. Italy, Spain, Germany, India all noped out.

  18. Many countries are sending their warships. Big warships. Not as big as ours. Ours are the biggest. But theirs, theirs are still big. And they are sending them.

    They are calling me saying “Please Mr President, please let us send our warships”.

  19. Does anyone really believe a word that Trump says about anything? Next he’ll be saying his girlfriend who lives in Canada is coming to help. The world thinks the US is the aggressor in this war and a giant joke, why would they lift a finger to help?

  20. Low_Butterscotch_594 on

    Many countries? He must mean all the countries he’s alienated because “America doesn’t need them”.

  21. oopsallhuckleberries on

    I’ve seen hard Nos from France, Australia, and the UK. So who is sending these supposed ships?

  22. No they won’t donny

    OFFS Donald. You fucked it up, you fix it. You were not attacked, you were the aggressor in a poorly planned unnecessary attack.

    Like I said.

    You fucked it up, you fix it.