Trump Signals [that] U.S. May Leave Allies to Manage Iran Fallout
21st March 2026
The Washington Poop, Paper of Record of the Deep State.
President Donald Trump on Friday evening said the United States was considering “winding down” its military efforts in Iran even as thousands of Marines sailed toward the region, leaving unclear whether the White House planned to walk away or escalate its three-week-old war.
Trump’s announcement on social media that he may step back from the war in Iran sought to escalate pressure on allies to assume a greater role in securing the region’s oil shipments — an increasingly urgent concern as energy prices spike. Trump has complained in increasingly bitter terms that U.S. allies are dragging their feet about joining a fight that he launched without consulting them.
“The Hormuz Strait will have to be guarded and policed, as necessary, by other Nations who use it — The United States does not!” he wrote Friday on Truth Social, adding that he would be open to helping other countries “in their Hormuz efforts.”
The Straight of Hormuz is a European problem and an Arab problem. It’s not an American problem, especially with Trump as President unlocking oil exploration and exploitation offshore of California, in the Gulf, on the Alaskan North Slope, and in the many oil shale resources within America itself.