Trump: ‘Numerous Countries’ Coming To Help U.S., Not All EnthusiasticPresident Donald Trump said “numerous countries” have said they’re “on the way” to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, including ones that are doing so indifferently.“Some are very enthusiastic about it, and some aren’t. Some are countries that we’ve helped for many, many years. We’ve protected them from horrible outside sources, and they weren’t that enthusiastic. And the level of enthusiasm matters to me,” he said Monday.Given the amount of help the U.S. has provided to other countries in the past, he said, more needs to be done.“I said, you mean for 40 years we’re protecting you and you don’t want to get involved in something that is very minor, very few shots going to be taken because they don’t have many shots left,” he said. “But they said, ‘We’d rather not get involved.’”Trump: Numerous countries have told me they're on the way. Some are very enthusiastic about it and some aren't. Some are countries that we've helped for many, many years. We've protected them from horrible outside sources, and they weren't that enthusiastic. And the level of… pic.twitter.com/3teoeTvyBu— Acyn (@Acyn) March 16, 2026See All UpdatesClose