President Trump has been ramping up the pressure on U.S. allies to help untangle problems caused by the Iran War, calling on them to deploy warships to the Strait of Hormuz in order to keep the key shipping route “open and safe.”

But as the president reiterated his demands during a Sunday press gaggle on Air Force One, he suddenly suggested that maybe the U.S. shouldn’t have gotten involved in the region at all.

President Trump said his administration is talking to seven countries about helping to secure the Strait of Hormuz amid the Iran war, calling on them to help protect ships in the vital waterway that Tehran has mostly blocked to oil tanker traffic https://t.co/m4aIPHSFtG pic.twitter.com/mVk9tb94C6— Reuters (@Reuters) March 16,........

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