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European Allies Should Clear the Strait of Hormuz
German Navy at the Andoya Missile Firing Exercise in the North Sea on Oct. 13, 2025.
Photographer: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
In his ongoing frustration with the war against Iran, US President Donald Trump continues to lash out at America’s European allies. He called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization a “paper tiger,” and questioned the other members’ willingness to go to war alongside the US. He calls it a failed “test” that America is “going to remember.”
Is he right to criticize the Europeans and Canada? Are they likely to enter the fray? And if they choose to participate, what could they actually do in terms of supporting the US and Israel as hostilities enter a second month?