The US president has “threatened to stop” supplying ⁠weapons for Ukraine to pressure European allies to join a “coalition of ‌the willing” to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the Financial Times reports, ⁠quoting people briefed ⁠on the discussions.

According to the report, ⁠Trump threatened ⁠to stop ⁠supplies to NATO’s weapons procurement initiative for ‌Ukraine, which is funded by European countries.

On Tuesday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Al Jazeera it was “very disappointing” that NATO allies such as Spain blocked the use of their airspace and bases for the US-Israel war on Iran. He warned that Washington will re-examine the value of NATO after the war is over.

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    7 hours ago

    US and its allies don’t get oil, toll or no toll.

    the allies also don’t need to pay a toll if they kick out the us bases from their countries.

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      Yes, but then the US army will pay you a visit instead of Iran, and unless you’ve been spending the last decade building tunnels and drones it probably won’t work out as well for you.

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        6 hours ago

        definately true for the global south, but i wonder if it’s the same for the uk or france or germany