President Donald Trump is not happy U.S. allies are not joining in the war effort against Iran.
He expressed his frustration Tuesday by telling them to “go get your own oil.” This comes as the conflict with Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz sent average U.S. gas prices reached over $4 a gallon, per the Associated Press.
Trump directed his comments in a post on Truth Social.
“All of those countries that can’t get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom, which refused to get involved in the decapitation of Iran, I have a suggestion for you: Number 1, buy from the U.S., we have plenty, and Number 2, build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait, and just TAKE IT.,”Trump wrote. “You’ll have to start learning how to fight for yourself, the U.S.A. won’t be there to help you anymore, just like you weren’t there for us. Iran has been, essentially, decimated. The hard part is done. Go get your own oil!”
In a separate post, Trump singled out France for not letting planes taking military supplies to Israel fly over French territory, saying the country has been “VERY UNHELPFUL,” and that “The U.S.A. will REMEMBER!!!”
Trump’s post came after U.S. strikes hit a city that is home to one of Iran’s main nuclear sites.
Tehran then attacked a fully loaded Kuwaiti oil tanker in the Persian Gulf.
Operation Epic Fury has left more than 3,000 dead and caused major disruptions to the world’s supply of oil and natural gas.
Trump has gone between insisting there is progress in diplomatic talks with Iran to threatening to up the intensity of the war.
He showed footage of the attack on Isfahan, home to one of three nuclear enrichment sites attacked by the U.S. in June.
Analysts believe much of Iran’s highly enriched uranium is stored there.
Iran’s stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz, the waterway leading out of Persian Gulf through which a fifth of the world’s oil is transported during peacetime, has driven up global oil prices.
Tehran’s attacks on regional energy infrastructure has done the same. That has shaken stock markets around the world and pushed up the cost of many basic goods.
Brent crude, the international standard, has prices around $107 a barrel Tuesday, up more than 45% since the war started Feb. 28.
