US NATO Allies Refuse Trump's Request to Send Warships to Strait of Hormuz

European NATO allies rebuffed President Trump's appeals to deploy warships to the Strait of Hormuz to help secure oil transit lanes disrupted by the US-Iran conflict. Germany's spokesman for Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated: 'This war has nothing to do with NATO. It is not NATO's war.' The refusal highlighted limits on trans-Atlantic solidarity and underscored European reluctance to be drawn into the Middle East conflict. Trump reportedly warned that countries that refuse to help 'will be remembered.'