The leaders of the countries he asked must have had enough of him after all the bashing and dick waving to prove what a big man he is.

And in his own mind, he's planning the victory parade where he rides the white stallion at the head of the victorious military.

Personally, I think the jackass should ride a jackass--backward and bound, headed for trial.

"You break it, you own it."

TSF: I've never had to own anything I've broken before, why now."

Religion: We are all here for a purpose. You are an example to other asshats.

Whats a fella (tio - means old man) to do?

Thinking about your last sentence.

Smart enough not to get drawn in. It's no surprise to me that our ME allies are being dragged in. They'll have to deal with the fallout (metaphorical) from this for a long time.

(And I sincerely hope the fallout is only ever metaphorical, never actual.)

... after the way he's treated our former allies, who can blame them for telling that boorish pig to stuff it where the Sun don't shine? He is a disgrace to this country, and so are you. Not to mention that ANY naval action in such a confined space as the Strait of Hormuz is flat-out suicidal. Shithead knows that now, which is why he's trying to get other countries' service men and -women killed, and then screeching like a stuck hog when they turn their backs on him, as they have every right to do.
They're all going to feel the economic pain that Trump has foisted on the rest of the world, but there's no reason why they should shoulder the burden and the pain of wasting the lives of their citizens by subjecting them to inevitable failure. Shithead doesn't bother to say why he put nearly our entire fleet of minesweepers in dry dock when he claims that he knew the Iranians would mine the Strait. A third-grader knew it, but I seriously doubt that shithead ever thought that far ahead. That evil fuck couldn't tell the truth about the time of day.
So this is what the inside of a wood chipper looks like, huh?

I can't think of anyone, except maybe Rubio who has his nose further up Trumpler's fat ass. Buncha pigs.

They both were in military schools where surely they were taught they had to clean up after themselves, cooperate, and not foul the nest.

Guess they never absorbed the reason why these are good things are ways to behave.

Europeans have spent 80 years leaning the benefits of working together, building joint decision-making capabilities, and acting together as equals to peacefully address a common threat.

Some people learn, some people do not.

Sorry, Donald, but for some reason NATO is now intensely focused on Polar Security and has no time for you. It still hasn't occurred to Trump that his next step should be to work with the United Nations Security Council.

He has slapped every one of our former Allies in their faces, insulted them, mean-tweeted them, charged them tariffs, and whatever else he's done to destroy relationships. Chump is completely oblivious to all of this.

But THEY AREN'T! They can't wait for Chump to be removed from office.

the way Americans are,and have been, at the hands of the unmerciful machinations of the Trump regime...by all its various entities and divisions.

They probably just tell the democrats they are afraid to avoid the blame and shame.

The Us is a very real threat to them now.

Why should Europe waste ANY of their Military Resources..........they are smart enough that they may need them to defend their own country against Putin's aggression........

Hell.....If the U.S. Navy says NO WAY.......Why would any other country go in there............

it's the stupidity, stupid.

Trump spent much of his first term and a lot of his second treating America's allies like dirt. He's insulted, disrespected, and offended them. He's treated them as a burden more than an asset.

He then starts a war (with Israel, our only ally to think this was a good idea) with a country whose military infrastructure, though minuscule compared with ours, is substantial compared with those of the countries we've attacked since the Gulf War. Anyone with common sense and a map could see that Iran was going to attack US bases throughout the region. It was equally obvious that Iran would close off the Strait of Hormuz. It was so obvious, it might as well have been walking around on a beach wearing a neon sandwich board announcing its reality.

Apparently, people told Trump these things. He didn't think they'd happen, and the brainless wonders in his circle went along with it.

So what does he do now? Beg those allies he's spent so much time bad-mouthing for help.

Never mind the fact that any naval vessel in that area would be highly vulnerable to attack. Never mind that the Strait of Hormuz is narrow enough to preclude naval escort of freighters and tankers. Never mind that Old Colostomy didn't try to build a coalition before the attacks started. I have issues with both Presidents Bush, but they at least made the pretense of trying diplomacy before starting something stupid, and the elder Bush was even successful at it. Trump? We don't need allies. Except that we do. To help win the war that's already been won.

In the future, the definition of "incompetence" in the dictionary will be accompanied by a picture of Trump.

May his presidential portrait never be displayed at the White House. That would besmirch the building and all it's represented.

There might not even be a "White House" left standing in the next couple years as he seems to be in the process of pretty much tearing it down and replacing it with an "extension" to his ballroom. He's already mused about ripping out 200 year old columns on the facade to replace with junk. We saw what happened with the East Wing.

There is still an "original" President's House - dubbed the "Germantown White House" (where George Washington stayed during the yellow fever outbreak) here in Philly in the Germantown neighborhood -

Rump unilaterally deciding to invade other countries, then asking for backup, is no different.

it's not TRUMP'S fault for getting us into this mess, it's THEIR fault for not volunteering to help bail him out!

These flying monkeys should have kicked it and gone home to Satan years ago.

To get them Flourshims back on and toe the line! What the hell Lindsey? You are a Republican United States Senator, you of all people should know to never tell out the truth about what Trump says in private ! Gotta go refill my beverage and make more popcorn

but you decide whatever happens if you call the bluff is better than toeing the line, you get this.

Trump never learnt that bluff and bluster have limitations.

Where to now Donald?

He will either escalate his hate & disappointment speech until he blows a fuse, or fall asleep when his blood pressure meds kick in.

… European nations made him “second guess the value” of U.S. alliances.

Our alliances never promised to be the bullies.
FU Graham!

Hope Trump strokes out.

With his head buried in drumpf’s ass up to the neck?

He will never get how the world and human nature actually work outside of his false reality. And he calls Gavin Newsome "learning disabled". Idiot!

treats "allies"... So Shut UP.. who give a Shit.

Anyone with brains wants no part of it.