2026-03-17
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We're going into, what, the third week of this war,
and there is no sign of any of this violence relenting.
It's very hard to see the temperature being kind of dialed down.
We're always there for NATO.
We're helping them with Ukraine.
It'll be interesting to see.
One country wouldn't help us.
It is in the interests of these NATO allies to find a way to secure and open the strait.
And it is just a question of whether or not countries actually want to send their navies into the firing line.
Donald Trump threatens the future of NATO
as he pressures allies to send ships to the Strait of Hamuz.
From The Guardians today on Focus, this is The Latest with me, Lucy Hoth.
I'm joined by Hannah Ellis-Peterson,
the Guardian South Asia correspondent, currently in Dubai for us.
Thanks so much for joining us, Hannah.
So over the weekend, Donald Trump, the US president,
has been putting lots of pressure on NATO allies as well as other partners around the world to help him reopen the Strait of Hamuz,
that vital crossing in the Gulf, in the Persian Gulf,
that is responsible for so much of the world's oil trade.