US Allies in Europe and Asia Aren’t Rushing to Help Trump

US allies in Europe and Asia are in no hurry to bow to Donald Trump’s demand that they send ships into a war he started — and has claimed to have won already.

Their response to the US president’s call for help to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the chokepoint for about a fifth of the world’s oil, has ranged from caution to ambivalence if not outright rejection.