Mark Slapinski

Donald Trump is asking his allies for help and they're telling him to get lost. As the Americans struggle to deal with the fallout of the ongoing war in Iran, Trump has asked America's allies to send warships to the region. However, not a single country has committed to do so.

00:00:00.000 Donald Trump is asking his allies for help, and they're all telling him to get lost.

00:00:05.040 As the Americans struggle to deal with the fallout of the ongoing war in Iran,

00:00:09.060 Trump has asked America's allies to send warships to the region.

00:00:12.600 However, not a single country has committed to doing so.

00:00:16.000 After America and Israel attacked Iran, Iran closed the important Strait of Hormuz,

00:00:20.840 where 20% of the world's oil flows through.

00:00:23.520 Now Donald Trump is on social media asking for help.

00:00:26.120 He wants other countries to send warships to the region and help reopen the strait.

00:00:30.660 Hopefully, China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK, and others that are affected by this

00:00:35.380 artificial constraint will send ships to the area so that the Hormuz Strait will no longer be a

00:00:39.920 threat by a nation that has been totally decapitated. Now, normally when America asks its

00:00:44.520 allies for help, those allies immediately spring into action. For example, when the United States

00:00:49.320 was attacked on September 11th, the majority of European countries and Canada came to their

00:00:54.460 rescue and fought alongside them in Afghanistan. When George Bush decided to invade Iraq and

00:00:59.680 overthrow Saddam, both the Australians and the British fought alongside them. However,

00:01:05.080 this time is different. Today, Germany's defense minister declared that the country won't send

00:01:09.480 any warships to the region, stating this is not Germany's war. Listen to this.

00:01:24.460 one of several US allies that said on Monday it had no immediate plans to send ships to unblock

00:01:30.460 the Strait of Hormuz. That's after President Donald Trump asked for military supports to

00:01:35.740 keep the vital waterway open. Some are very enthusiastic about it and some aren't.

00:01:42.940 Trump's request follows Iran's response to US-Israeli attacks. And it's not just Germany

00:01:47.660 that's refusing to send ships to the region. China, the UK, France and Australia have all

00:01:53.980 all been hesitant to send warships to the region now this is an extremely important development

00:01:59.100 it shows that america under trump have successfully alienated a lot of their important allies

00:02:05.260 canada was not attacked on september 11th america was but when they asked for our help we got

00:02:11.400 involved canadian troops died alongside american troops in afghanistan and how did trump repay us

00:02:17.600 he repaid us by threatening our sovereignty disrespecting our leaders and starting a trade

00:02:23.000 war with us this sort of behavior sends a powerful message to other allies of america under trump

00:02:28.760 loyalty is a one-way street this matters because both israel and america attacked iran and it

00:02:34.760 appears that they didn't have a good backup plan for dealing with the strait of hormuz

00:02:38.600 this means that oil prices are going to go up and the price of gasoline is going to skyrocket

00:02:44.040 all over the world people are already complaining about the price of gas in this country listen to

00:02:48.600 this. The sudden jump in gas prices is hitting Montrealers hard. For this cab driver eating the

00:02:56.480 extra cost of fuel is cutting into his already razor thin margins. For others it's just another

00:03:02.740 unwelcome expense. We're obviously not very happy about the price of gas and we certainly feel we're

00:03:09.620 held hostage by what's going on with the United States and what's happening with the war. The war

00:03:14.740 has choked off the world's oil supply gas prices are up between 20 and 24 cents a liter since the

00:03:21.260 start of the conflict diesel is up almost 50 cents a liter the next thing people will be complaining

00:03:27.320 about is the price of groceries because the price of gas affects everything including groceries in

00:03:32.720 the short term this is really going to affect people's wallets it's going to have a huge effect

00:03:37.080 on the people that are struggling to get by the increased price of gas the increased price of

00:03:41.680 groceries could push a lot of people right off the edge. The real story here is that America is

00:03:46.680 becoming increasingly isolated. Of course, America isn't going to become like North Korea or Russia

00:03:51.780 today or tomorrow. The longer Trump is in power, the further its allies will move away from the

00:03:56.680 country. So I want to be clear that this isn't just another Middle East headline. This is a story of

00:04:01.600 what happens when you have a president that treats his allies like garbage and then turns around and 0.99

00:04:06.020 expects them to help him. Trump asked for help. His allies told him to get lost. 0.98

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