Updated : 2026-03-18 18:41:30 KST
U.S. President Donald Trump has rebuked American allies including South Korea for their response to his request for their warships in the Strait of Hormuz. Our foreign affairs correspondent Oh Soo-young covers his remarks as well as the first display of dissent within his administration regarding the mission against Iran. U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at allies, after many refused or held back on his call to send warships to help secure the Strait of Hormuz.
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lash out at …을 맹렬히 비난하다
hold back (~하기를) 망설이다
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Posting on Truth Social, Trump declared America no longer "needs" or desires NATO's assistance, and "likewise Japan, Australia and South Korea." He stated the U.S. does "NOT NEED THE HELP OF ANYONE!," saying it is "by far the Most Powerful Country Anywhere in the World." The outburst came on Tuesday after Trump had spent the previous days pressing allies to send their navies to the Strait of Hormuz, after Iran effectively closed the waterway in retaliation for U.S.-Israeli attacks.
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"So I think NATO is making a very foolish mistake. And I've long said that, you know, I wonder whether or not NATO would ever be there for us. So this is a, this was a great test because we don't need them but they should have been there." France has drawn the clearest line. President Emmanuel Macron said Paris would "never" take part in operations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz "in the current context," stressing that France was not party to the conflict.
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Australia's Transport Minister Catherine King bluntly said Canberra will not be sending a ship to the strait. Japan was more guarded, but no more willing. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said there had been "no decisions whatsoever" on dispatching escort ships, and that Tokyo was still considering what it could do within its legal framework. South Korea has said it did not receive an official request, while its lawmakers have indicated a deployment would require legislative approval.
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Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates has shown more openness, a senior Emirati official said on Tuesday that Abu Dhabi could join an international effort to secure the strait. Split reactions are also emerging from within Washington. On Tuesday, Joe Kent, the head of the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned over the war, becoming the first senior Trump official known to quit over the conflict. In his resignation letter, Kent wrote that Iran posed "no imminent threat" to the U.S., and said he could not support the war "in good conscience." Oh Soo-young, Arirang News.
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in good conscience 양심상
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영어 원문 출처 및 동영상 링크;
arirang news/World
https://m.arirang.com/news/view?id=293847