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        "id": 1627417,
        "msgid": "trump-begs-europe-to-help-seize-the-strait-of-hormuz-but-why-was-it-rejected-here-are-4-reasons-1774025488",
        "date": "2026-03-20 23:15:46",
        "title": "Trump Begs Europe to Help Seize the Strait of Hormuz, But Why Was It Rejected? Here Are 4 Reasons",
        "author": "Nashih Nashrullah",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "US President Donald Trump has urged European Union allies to join efforts to lift Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for the US-Israel war against Iran, but Europe has refused to assist in securing this vital global economic route. According to The New York Times, Europe's rejection stems from legal, military, and economic grounds, including a reluctance to engage in war without prior consultation, the operation not falling under NATO duties, and doubts about its feasibility given the US Navy's own struggles against Iranian threats. This stance highlights transatlantic divisions over Middle East conflicts and the challenges of multilateral military cooperation.",
        "content": "<p>US President Donald Trump has asked his allies in the European Union\nto participate in efforts to remove the blockade imposed by Iran in the\nStrait of Hormuz as retaliation for the US-Israel war against Iran, but\nthe European side has refused to help secure this vital route for the\nglobal economy.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times states that Europe\u2019s refusal to assist the US in\nlifting the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz is based on legal,\nmilitary, and economic grounds. The newspaper details these reasons as\nfollows:<\/p>\n<ol type=\"1\">\n<li>European leaders have never wanted to start a war against Iran, and\ntherefore do not want to get involved because Washington did not consult\nthem on the matter.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>It turns out that what Trump wants is only the use of military bases,\nand the responses from European countries in opening their bases to\nAmerica vary.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\" type=\"1\">\n<li>Europeans justify their rejection of the US request by saying that\nit is not part of NATO\u2019s duties.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Trump bases his request on the alliance charter which obliges its\nmembers to provide \u2018assistance\u2019 to the US if that country is\nattacked.<\/p>\n<p>However, the European side responds by saying this is not how NATO\nworks, which traditionally does not interfere in Middle East affairs,\nand does not participate in preemptive strikes that members might launch\nagainst their enemies.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\" type=\"1\">\n<li>In addition, Europe\u2019s refusal is based on the belief that the action\nmay not succeed, because navigation in the Strait of Hormuz is highly\nvulnerable and dangerous, given that the US Navy itself has not been\nable to eliminate the Iranian threat in that route.<\/li>\n<\/ol>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/trump-begs-europe-to-help-seize-the-strait-of-hormuz-but-why-was-it-rejected-here-are-4-reasons-1774025488",
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