NATO hasn't received formal request for Strait of Hormuz help, Anand says
By: By Uday Rana - Canada's Global News
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NATO hasn't received formal request for Strait of Hormuz help, Anand says
To Canada's knowledge, no formal request to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has been made to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said after U.S. President Donald Trump's public appeal to that effect, as the oil shock from the Iran war continues.
On Monday, Trump called on members of NATO, which includes Canada, and other nations to help the U.S. secure the Strait, which Iran has throttled for two weeks and through which around 20 per cent of the world's oil supply passes.
"To our knowledge, a request has not been made to NATO for the type of assistance that is being requested and Canada, as a founding member of NATO, continues to support the principles of collective defence," she said.
"At this point, it's important to remember that those conversations among NATO allies have not occurred."
On Monday, Trump said "numerous countries" had told him they were "on the way" to help the U.S. with the Strait of Hormuz.
"We strongly encourage the other nations to get involved with us and get involved quickly and with great enthusiasm," he said.
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Anand said it would be "prudent" for Trump to "turn to the principles upon which NATO was founded, and in particular the principles of collective defence and deterrence, which are triggered by NATO as a whole, not by one country within the NATO family."
She reiterated Canada's position that Ottawa was not consulted before the U.S. and Israel launched military action in Iran and added that Tehran's blockage of the Strait of Hormuz was contrary to international law.
In a Financial Times interview on Sunday, Trump said NATO would suffer a "very bad future" if it did not help the U.S.
"It's only appropriate that people who are the beneficiaries of the Strait will help to make sure that nothing bad happens there," Trump told the Financial Times.
"If there's no response or if it's a negative response I think it will be very bad for the future of NATO."
The U.S. was hitting Iran "very hard," Trump said.
"They've got nothing left but to make a little trouble in the Strait … these people are beneficiaries and they ought to help us police it," he said, adding that "China should help too," citing China's energy dependence on oil from the Strait of Hormuz.
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Trump threatens NATO without even asking NATO for help. Because he must believe he's the Emperor of the World he thinks that the whole world can read his mind and must rush to serve him.
In the meantime China is reaping the rewards of his belligerent kabuki.
The 21st century is more likely to belong to Beijing than to Washington — at least that’s the view from four key U.S. allies.
Swaths of the public in Canada, Germany, France and the U.K. have soured on the U.S., driven by President Donald Trump’s foreign policy decisions, according to recent results from The POLITICO Poll.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/15/trump-china-europe-closer-ties-00823457?utm_medium=email&utm_source=substack
You can add me to that Canadian swath.
I saw something yesterday where the PM of Denmark (?) suggested Canada take the leadership role the US (trmp abandoned)
The EU leadership has spent years dealing with PM Carney, they know him as an honest dealer.
He seems a decent fellow.
I'm sounding like I'm disloyal to my country. I love my country. But I don't have to love the direction its taking. If another country can right the ship for every one, I'm good with it
Do you mean Canada should make the USA Canada's 11th province? Nah, Americans don't want Canada's Universal Healthcare and so little gun violence..
After the speech he made at Davos, so does the rest of the world.
He is. I used to love America as well - even owned with my brother a home in Florida, and I spent much time touring it from Hawaii to Nantucket, from Chicago to Dallas, from St Louis to Miami, from San Francisco to NYC, from Detroit to Palm Springs, from Philadelphia to Las Vegas, from Wasington DC to Los Angeles, from Buffalo to Baltimore and lots of places in between.
And yet Captain Mendacity informs us every day that he does not need us.
You mean the countries of Europe need to be asked to keep a shipping lane open that benefits them?
It is strange that countries who provide a wide social net that the third world envies, don't seem to have the fortitude to stand up to a terror state like Iran.
Part of the problem is they don't have much after entitlements:
"The Royal Navy has a long and colorful history, and it has saved Britain against its enemies more than once. Sadly, however, Britain’s navy continues to shrink . At the end of 2024, the force was down to roughly 32,000 personnel and 62 commissioned ships. "
Just 62 Ships" The Royal Navy Is Shrinking Down to Nothing - 19FortyFive
Once again: Trump is right!
It sounds like NATO and the EU do not recognize Truth Social as a proper Diplomatic Channel.
About never ever being the World's Policeman again?
NATO has not said it won't help, it's saying follow the proper procedure instead of insulting the NATO countries.
Your 'once again' guy is the one that caused its closure and now he wants a cleanup crew to mop up while his bleary eyes get all misty about Cuba. The 'man' is no more than a mixture of Circus Master and Little Jack Horner surrounded by a troll of third rate carnies.
It looks like Trump might dump it into their laps. The oil going through the strait is for Europe and Asia. He said they will have to keep it open.
The Europeans will have to figure it out.
America shouldn't need oil from the Middle East. Not only does it have its own oil extraction, oil from Canada and now from Venezuela.
Now, how long before NATO do as they normally do and turn to the US for funds, equipment and support.
through proper diplomatic channels, not 2AM Truth Social rants.
He could have invoked NATO's Article 5 but I assume he didn't want to humiliate himself (any more than he has succeeded in doing already).
yeah, what actually happened differs drastically.
Doesn't one have to have a modicum of humility to be humiliated?
Touché. Okay, how about just plain embarrassed?