Trump calls for allied warships after Iran threat to retaliate for US attack

DUBAI/JERUSALEM/PALM BEACH, Florida, March 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump urged other nations to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, after Iran threatened escalation across the Middle East to retaliate for Washington's bombing of its main Gulf island energy hub.

Tehran's ability to stop shipping through the strait, a major channel for oil and gas shipping, could ‌give it enormous leverage over the U.S. and its allies.

"The Countries of the World that receive Oil through the Hormuz Strait must take care of that passage, and we will help — A LOT!" Trump wrote in a ‌social media post. "The U.S. will also coordinate with those Countries so that everything goes quickly, smoothly, and well."

As the war entered its third week, Iran projected defiance after U.S. forces hit military sites at Kharg Island, the Gulf outpost that handles 90% of Iranian oil exports. A drone attack had ​already disrupted a United Arab Emirates energy hub, the U.S. embassy in Baghdad warned U.S. citizens to leave Iraq and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps urged the U.S. to move industries out of the region.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-threatens-strike-irans-kharg-033005654.html

I'm sure they'll be right on it.