The two global superpower leaders most recently met in person last October. REUTERS
Trump has also pushed other countries to provide naval escorts for vessels attempting to travel through the channel.
“It’s only appropriate that people who are the beneficiaries of the Strait will help to make sure that nothing bad happens there,” Trump told the Financial Times over the weekend, referring to China, which gets much of its oil from Iran via the Strait of Hormuz.
“If there’s no response or if it’s a negative response, I think it will be very bad for the future of NATO.”
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