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Allies are lining up behind Trump to open the Strait of Hormuz — cue the media fury

So much for media doomsaying: America’s allies in the Gulf and Europe are falling into line against Iran.

Over the weekend, the United Arab Emirates and Australia became the latest to join a growing list of nations, now numbering 22, offering their help to open the Strait of Hormuz.

Six — United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Japan — jointly declared their “readiness to contribute to appropriate efforts to ensure safe passage through the Strait” on Thursday; another 16 have signed on since.

The Brits also agreed to let US forces use British bases to launch attacks.

And NATO Secretary Mark Rutte says the alliance is working out a timeline for a joint response: “If Iran would have the nuclear capability, together with the missile capability, it would be a direct threat, an existential threat — to Israel, to the region, to Europe, to the stability in the world.”

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European leaders, following Tehran’s launch last weekend of two missiles at joint US-British military base Diego Garcia a stunning 2,500 miles away — a range far longer than Iran’s missiles were supposed to have — now know their countries too are in direct reach of Tehran’s fanaticism.

It’s reportedly just a matter of time before the Saudis sign up, too.

Tehran unilaterally struck out at all the Gulf nations, inflicting serious damage on their key means of income, their oil facilities, hoping they’d beg Washington to quit the war; instead, they’ve realized Iran must be defanged, permanently.

Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are also discussing a coordinated response.

Senior UAE diplomatic adviser Anwar Gargash says his country won’t be satisfied unless a cease-fire deal ends Iran’s “nuclear threat, missiles, drones and the bullying of the straits.”

What a difference from all the schadenfreude anti-Trump outlets offered just a few weeks ago: “After a year of tariff threats, insults and diplomatic clashes with European allies, President Donald Trump is left to wage a war in Iran with only Israel by his side,” sniped one NBC News story.

Trump rightly called out NATO for hesitating to join efforts to open the strait — claiming the US protects NATO countries, but they “do nothing for us,” and slamming the alliance as a “paper tiger” without America.

But now, more of them are recognizing their own vulnerability — not to mention the loss of oil, gas and fertilizer they need to pass through the strait.

The allies’ growing resolve could prove pivotal in forcing whoever is leading Iran to throw in the towel.

If not, their added firepower can help not only reopen the strait but eliminate that leadership altogether.

Trump was right: Iran had to be stopped, and this was the time to do it.

Now the rest of the world is acknowledging that, too.

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