Overview
- Following Wednesday’s White House meeting with NATO Secretary‑General Mark Rutte, diplomats said Trump asked allies to submit concrete plans within days to help secure the Strait of Hormuz.
- The White House said Trump made no demands, even as he posted that “NATO wasn’t there when we needed them,” reflecting conflicting accounts of what he sought.
- European governments restated they will not send warships or escorts until the fighting stops, and a UK‑led group of about 40 nations is drafting support that depends on a durable halt to hostilities.
- Ship tracking firms Lloyd’s List Intelligence and Kpler report traffic through Hormuz remains largely stalled, a choke point that typically carries about one‑fifth of seaborne oil and liquefied natural gas.
- Pakistan is set to host U.S.–Iran talks in Islamabad on Saturday, and no multinational security mission has been committed to reopen the waterway.