Trump Offers No Concrete Plan as Hormuz Closure Shocks European Governments

President Trump offered no concrete plan to address the Strait of Hormuz closure as European governments expressed shock at the economic and diplomatic fallout accelerating from the blockade. The absence of a US exit strategy for the Hormuz crisis is deepening alarm among European allies, whose energy security and supply chains are heavily exposed to disruption in the waterway through which approximately 20% of global oil supply passes. The development intensifies pressure on Washington to either broker a maritime ceasefire or risk a fracturing of Western coalition solidarity.