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Trump says he demanded about seven oil-dependent nations join a Hormuz coalition
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Speaking aboard Air Force One, Trump said he had 'demanded' that about seven countries reliant on Middle East oil help police the Strait of Hormuz, declining to name them. In a Financial Times interview he warned that a negative response would be 'very bad for the future of NATO.'
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Allies were cool to the request: Germany's foreign minister said he saw no immediate need for German participation, and Japan's defense minister said he had no plans to send warships under current conditions.
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