We’ve long had your back, now it’s our turn. That is how the famously transactional U.S. President Donald Trump is framing his demands that allies help him with the Iran war. He wants to call in IOUs for decades of U.S. security guarantees. The string of refusals indicates that his stock of European goodwill is low.
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Residents enjoy new freedomsEcuador reconoce bombardeos contra grupos irregulares en su propio territorio y no en Colombia Residents enjoy new freedomsEcuador reconoce bombardeos contra grupos irregulares en su propio territorio y no en ColombiaPresident Donald Trump is expressing anger with NATO’s refusal to join his push to send warships to secure the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump lashed out at British Prime Minister Keir Starmer Tuesday, saying he is “no Churchill,” as the U.K. resists joining the U.S. war with Iran, highlighting Trump’s growing frustration as key allies decline to back the conflict.British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands ahead of a bilateral meeting at Chequers, near Aylesbury, England, Jan. 9, 2025. President Donald Trump meets Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Chequers near Aylesbury, England, Sept. 18, 2025. President Donald Trump jokes with French President Emmanuel Macron during a meeting at the Palace Hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 18, 2017, in New York. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron greet each other at the G-7 summit before a dinner at the Lighthouse of Biarritz, France, Aug. 24, 2019. French President Emmanuel Macron, right, receives Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer before their meeting, Aug. 29, 2024 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. President Donald Trump is expressing anger with NATO’s refusal to join his push to send warships to secure the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump lashed out at British Prime Minister Keir Starmer Tuesday, saying he is “no Churchill,” as the U.K. resists joining the U.S. war with Iran, highlighting Trump’s growing frustration as key allies decline to back the conflict.British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands ahead of a bilateral meeting at Chequers, near Aylesbury, England, Jan. 9, 2025. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands ahead of a bilateral meeting at Chequers, near Aylesbury, England, Jan. 9, 2025. President Donald Trump meets Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Chequers near Aylesbury, England, Sept. 18, 2025. President Donald Trump meets Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer at Chequers near Aylesbury, England, Sept. 18, 2025. President Donald Trump jokes with French President Emmanuel Macron during a meeting at the Palace Hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 18, 2017, in New York. President Donald Trump jokes with French President Emmanuel Macron during a meeting at the Palace Hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 18, 2017, in New York. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron greet each other at the G-7 summit before a dinner at the Lighthouse of Biarritz, France, Aug. 24, 2019. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron greet each other at the G-7 summit before a dinner at the Lighthouse of Biarritz, France, Aug. 24, 2019. French President Emmanuel Macron, right, receives Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer before their meeting, Aug. 29, 2024 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron, right, receives Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer before their meeting, Aug. 29, 2024 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. PARIS — We’ve long had your back, now it’s our turn. That is how the famously transactional U.S. President Donald Trump is framing his demands that allies help him withThe string of refusals indicates his stock of European goodwill is low. He has put allies through the wringer since returning to the White House, bullying them overThat’s how a veteran French defense analyst, François Heisbourg, described allied responses.to be drawn into the war. France says the fighting would have to die down first. Others are non-committal. China, which is not an ally but was also asked to help, is“This is not Europe’s war. We didn’t start the war. We were not consulted,” European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Tuesday.The U.K. “was sort of considered the Rolls-Royce of allies,” Trump said Monday, adding that he’d asked for British minesweeping ships. “I was not happy with the U.K,” Trump said. “They should be involved enthusiastically. We’ve been protecting these countries for years.” Starmer said Britain “will not be drawn into the wider war” and that British troops require the backing of international law and “a proper thought-through plan” — suggesting those were not in place. He initially refused to let U.S. bombers attack Iran from British bases before accepting their use for strikes on Iran’s ballistic missile program. Retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, former commanding general of the U.S. Army in Europe, said allies are “looking at the United States in a way that they never have before. And this is bad for the United States.” Having previously appeased Trump, some European leaders are “starting to realize that there’s no benefit or value in using flattery,” he said. “It is not our war; we did not start it,” German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said. “We want diplomatic solutions and a swift end to the conflict. Sending more warships to the region will certainly not contribute to that.”After bruising tariff battles with Trump last year, the first months of 2026 have further strained alliances. Trump’s renewed pressure for U.S. control of Greenland, including a tariff threat against eight European nations, and his false assertion that allied troops“Allies, or at least the Europeans, aren’t willing to be at the beck and call of a demand from Donald Trump,” said Sylvie Bermann, a French former ambassador to China, the U.K. and Russia. “And even in asking for a helping hand, he is doing so in a brutal manner, saying: ‘You’re useless, we’re the strongest, we don’t need you, but come,’” she said.Retired naval officers say that unblocking the Strait of Hormuz with military escorts while the war rages and without Iran’s consentto the Mediterranean, is working with other countries to prepare such a mission once the air war has subsided. French military spokesman Col. Guillaume Vernet said any escorting would be conditional on talks with Iran, and Macron has publicized two calls in eight days with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.“On a scale of zero to 10, I’d say he’s been an eight,” Trump said Monday. “Not perfect, but it’s France. We don’t expect perfect.”“We will protect them, but they will do nothing for us, in particular, in a time of need,” Trump said Tuesday.Allies in Europe and Asia need oil, gas and other products from the Middle East to flow again. That gives Trump some leverage.“It really could be anything. Are the Europeans prepared for that?” asked Ed Arnold, a former British army officer and now a researcher at the Royal United Services Institute, a London think tank.“That was what kept European leaders quiet for a lot of last year in the face of the rhetoric and actions,” said Amanda Sloat, a former U.S. national security adviser who now teaches at Spain’s IE University.Burrows reported from London. Associated Press journalists Jill Lawless in London, Lorne Cook in Brussels, Suman Naishadham in Madrid, Geir Moulson and Kirsten Grieshaber in Berlin, Simina Mistreanu in Taipei, Taiwan, and Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo contributed.
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