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20:02
Trump Repeats Call For Naval Help In Hormuz
US President Donald Trump repeated his calls for US allies to send naval forces to help unblock shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and criticized nations that are not doing so.
"Some countries have already started to get there. It takes a little while to travel an ocean, but we have some that are really enthusiastic," he said at a White House event, without naming any specific country. "Some are less than enthusiastic, and I assume some will not do it."
Iran has responded to the US-Israeli air strike campaign by using weapons to threaten shipping in the strait, virtually halting passage out of the Persian Gulf on the route that normally handles about one-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas volume. Blockage of the strait has crimped supplies, sending oil process higher and compounding concerns about the war's effects on the global economy and people's pocketbooks.
Trump said he had spoken with French President Emmanuel Macron about forming a coalition to secure the strait, describing Macrons response as "an eight on a scale of zero to 10" and expressing confidence that France would assist.
He also criticized Britain's reluctance to provide support despite being "our oldest ally." Trump said he was "not happy" with Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who had said he wanted a "viable" option to reopen the strait, but also said he believes the United Kingdom will participate.
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19:18
Trump Questions Whether Mojtaba Khamenei Is Alive
US President Donald Trump said the United States does not know whether Iran's new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, is still alive.
"We don't know...if he's dead or not. I will say that nobody has seen him, which is unusual," Trump said during an event at the White House on March 16.
Mojtaba Khamenei, pictured in 2016
Iranian clerical leaders announced on March 9 that Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, was replacing his father, Ayatollah Ali Khaemenei, who was killed on the first day of US-Israeli air strikes on Iran on February 28.
The younger Khamenei has not appeared in public, and US defense chief Pete Hegseth said last week that he was believed to have been wounded.
"A lot of people are saying that he's badly disfigured. They're saying that he lost his leg...and he's been hurt very badly. Other people are saying he's dead," Trump said.
Trump said Iran had expressed interest in negotiations but suggested the countrys leadership remains disorganized after the US strikes.
"They are a country based on disinformation, and now they're using disinformation plus AI," he said. "We have no idea who we are negotiating with."
"We don't know who their leader is, Trump said. "We have people wanting to negotiate. We have no idea who they are."
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18:31
Will Iran Mine The Strait Of Hormuz?
This tiny stretch of water carries about 20 percent of the world's oil. And Iran is trying to close it by mining it. US President Donald Trump has put pressure on European allies to help protect the Strait of Hormuz, warning that NATO faces a "very bad" future if its members fail to come to Washington's aid.
