Australia says 'No' to warship mission in strategic Strait of Hormuz

[RandySF]

Australia has ruled out sending a warship to the Strait of Hormuz, despite calls from Donald Trump for allied countries and China to deploy naval vessels to help secure the strategic waterway and protect global oil shipments.

Catherine King, Australia’s Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, said on Monday that Australia had no plans to participate in such a mission.

Speaking to the national broadcaster Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), King stated: “We will not be sending a ship to the Strait of Hormuz. We know how important it is, but it is not something we have been asked to do and it is not something we are contributing to.”

Her remarks came after Trump urged partner nations to deploy naval forces to help safeguard shipping routes in the vital maritime corridor linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman, through which a significant portion of the world’s oil supply passes.



https://timeskuwait.com/australia-says-no-to-warship-mission-in-strategic-strait-of-hormuz/

[wcmagumba]

1. Good for them, the US and EU need to go green and kick the meth(aka oil) habit...

[dalton99a]

2. Japan, Australia and the UK said they have no plans to send ships

Japan, Australia and the UK said they have no plans to send ships to help secure the strait of Hormuz, the vital waterway that Iran has mostly blocked to oil tanker traffic, as Donald Trump ramps up pressure on allies to provide support.

The effective closure of the strait of Hormuz by Tehran, in retaliation for airstrikes by the US and Israel, has proved catastrophic for global energy and trade flows, causing the largest oil supply disruption in history and soaring global oil prices.

Trump on Sunday said his administration had already contacted seven countries for support, but declined to identify them. In an earlier social media post, he said that he hoped China, France, Japan, South Korea, Britain and others would participate.

“I’m demanding that these countries come in and protect their own territory because it is their territory,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on the way from Florida to Washington on Sunday. “It’s the place from which they get their energy.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/16/strait-of-hormuz-australia-japan-no-ships

[littlemissmartypants]

5. Haven't Spain and France also declined to otherwise get involved?

More to the point, how many up votes does he have?
And how many of the members of the Bored (sic) of Peace have pledged assistance?

[Cha]

6. ".. allies.." What allies?... Traitor has Disowned them Several Times and again..

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".. vital waterway that Iran has mostly blocked to oil tanker traffic, as Donald Trump ramps up pressure on allies to provide support.

Fuck your "demands," Nazi PEDO... the World knows what you are.

Do the Countries give any reasons why they're not doing it?

The Guardian won't let me read any further.

Mahalo, dalton!

[Cha]

3. I Love ❤️Australia and my SIL is from Melbourne

and my grandkids have dual citizenship.

Good On Catherine King making it Clear that they hadn't been asked, and they would Not participate.

[blubunyip]

13. Similar

with family by marriage in Australia. This is good news. goodonya Oz

[Aussie105]

4. Trump wants to handball the problem he created to other countries.

Why send ships into such a tight death trap, to engage in a war that has no point?

[Skittles]

8. REAL AMERICANS UNDERSTAND

you'd have to be INSANE to get involved with the Trump.2 SHITSHOW

[Skittles]

7. YOU BROKE IT, YOU FIX IT

FUCKING ASSHOLE

[Buddyzbuddy]

9. I guess little girls aren't the only ones smart enough not to get into bed with him.

[magicarpet]

10. Bite his dick off,...

..... then chop it up and make a nice cream of mushroom soup out of it,... then feed it to the First Lady of Pornography.

How did these sub-humans ever get into the White House,... TWICE ?

Have you joined the Epstein/trDUMP Club yet ?

[SamKnause]

11. Wise decision.

You can't trust the U.S. as long as Trump and MAGA control the government.

They have taken the art of lying to another stratosphere.

They break trade agreements and treaties.

They threaten.

They bribe.

They accept bribes.

They invade.

They kidnap.

They assassinate.

They blow boats out of the water.

They torpedo schools for little girls.

I see no point in talking to Trump and his criminal administration.

My advice, distance yourself from the U.S.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. MaddowBlog-After alienating allies and declaring victory, Trump 'demands' foreign help in war

Foreign countries haven’t exactly rushed to answer the American president’s call for assistance. Imagine that.

So to sum up:
1. Trump alienates/insults allies
2. he launches an unnecessary war with no international legitimacy
3. he declares war “over,” dismisses need for allies’ help
4. he sees the war go sideways
5. he “demands” allies help us solve a problem he said doesn’t exist
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-03-16T13:42:17.264Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/after-alienating-allies-and-declaring-victory-trump-demands-foreign-help-in-war

During the first week of the war in Iran, multiple British news outlets reported that the HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier was preparing for possible deployment to the Middle East to assist the United States and Israel. Seven days into the conflict, however, Donald Trump, who has a habit of insulting and alienating our closest allies, used his social media platform to deliver a message to leaders in the U.K.: Don’t bother.

“The United Kingdom, our once Great Ally, maybe the Greatest of them all, is finally giving serious thought to sending two aircraft carriers to the Middle East,” the American president wrote. “That’s OK, Prime Minister Starmer, we don’t need them any longer — But we will remember. We don’t need people that join Wars after we’ve already won!”...

After claiming in an NBC News interview that unnamed countries had already committed to helping secure the strait — a dubious assertion, given the circumstances and available information — the Republican “demanded” that foreign nations step up and provide the U.S. with the kind of security assistance he recently said was unnecessary.

Trump on Strait of Hormuz: "Really, I'm demanding that these countries come in and protect their own territory, because it is their territory ... they should help us. You could make the case that maybe we shouldn't be there at all, because we don't need it. We have a lot of oil."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-03-16T01:05:29.715Z

.....Indeed, the series of events seems preposterous. After spending the last year alienating U.S. allies, Trump launched an unnecessary war with no international legitimacy. He then prematurely declared victory, while simultaneously dismissing the need for international assistance, all while characterizing the Strait of Hormuz as a problem that’s already been solved.

It was at this point that the same American president, without explanation, turned on a dime and started demanding assistance from the same countries he’s insulted to address a problem he’s claimed doesn’t exist.

Foreign countries haven’t exactly rushed to answer Trump’s call for help, and Australian and Chinese officials have already rejected U.S. outreach. Imagine that.