The US president made the appeal in his first address to the nation since ordering airstrikes in Iran.
US President Donald Trump has urged countries that buy oil from the Middle East to unblock the Strait of Hormuz by force unless Iran reopens the vital shipping route to all vessels.
He made the appeal in his first address to the nation on Wednesday, after weeks of chastising NATO members for refusing to send warships to the region and join the US and Israel in their war efforts.
“To those countries that can’t get fuel, many of which refuse to get involved in the decapitation of Iran… build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait and just take it. Protect it,” Trump said. He argued that securing the strait would be easy, saying the US had “decimated” Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and “dramatically curtailed” its drone and missile capabilities.
Trump:
The countries of the world that do receive oil through the Hormuz Strait must take care of that passage.
They must cherish it. They must grab it and cherish it.
They can do it easily. pic.twitter.com/Smm8xEhY92
— Clash Report (@clashreport) April 2, 2026
In his address, Trump vowed to intensify airstrikes over the next two to three weeks, suggesting the war would continue if Iran refuses to accept his demands.
The US-Israeli war on Iran has triggered a global energy shock that Washington has struggled to contain, sending oil prices surging and pushing fuel costs sharply higher for consumers worldwide. The conflict has effectively choked flows through the Strait of Hormuz, a key artery for roughly one-fifth of global oil supply.
Global crude prices have spiked above $100 a barrel, with Brent rising more than 60% in March to around $118 and US West Texas Intermediate climbing past $100, marking the steepest monthly gains in decades. US consumers were also hit as average gas prices rose above $4 a gallon this week for the first time since 2022.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi confirmed this week that he had been receiving messages from Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff, but denied that the countries were holding talks behind the scenes.
Iranian officials have said that Tehran would end the conflict on its own terms and accused the US of sabotaging previous negotiations.
Idiot Trump tells his allies to break international law. Let’s wait and see how stupid his allies really are.
There’s no such thing as “international law”. There is no one world government. Any country can do whatever it wants when it’s the biggest and baddest.
Cry harder
Yes the alleged biggest baddest, has had its arse handed to it by a country who spends 1% of its 1 trillion budget. And yes there is international law, some scumbags don’t think it applies to them but as we are seeing, Karma is a great substitute. Now scuttle back under your rock and you can have a little cry or a big one if it makes you feel better.
But Trump’s allies have other plans. Hal Turner claims NATO has “factually collapsed” https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/component/content/article/nato-has-collapsed?catid=17&Itemid=101
After the USA withdraws from the region and takes their warmongering elsewhere,….
Iran and Oman will set safe navigation rules for Strait of Hormuz http://www.tasnimnews.ir/en/news/2026/04/02/3555211/iran-oman-to-formulate-protocol-for-safe-navigation-in-hormuz-strait
Take it from Texas.
Trump is clearly an evil corrupt deranged senile psychopathic megalomaniacal moron.
After Biden and Trump it’s become very obvious that there needs to be an age limit set for presidential nominees.
We simply can no longer tolerate the world being run by these dangerous confused dementia patients.
A cut off age at 60 would be sensible so they’re retired before 70.
Love Trumps style.
The woke EU & greens dont want oil they have wind and solar.
The whole forced green agenda was a ploy to collapse west civilization, its working.
Why don’t the Nation’s just go and take America.
Donny epstein neeeds a diaper change
While the media is focussed on the Strait of Hormuz, the real action happens at a far more important Bab al-Mandab Strait in which the Yemenis have foiled an attempted American landing https://almawqeapost.net/english-news/117711
When the media eventually wakes up, this will push oil prices up much higher because the Bab al-Mandab Strait is far more important to global trade than the Strait of Hormuz
They will be mercenaries. The west needs plausible deniability.
But Trumpy you have a big beautiful armada and you’re such a big strong super man, you don’t need anyone’s help cause your winning hands down….right?