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President Trump said on Sunday the NATO alliance faces a “very bad” future if countries do not answer his call to keep the Strait of Hormuz open. “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. Trump also said that Europe and China rely more on Persian Gulf oil than the U.S. “If there’s no response or if it’s a negative response I think it will be very bad for the future of NATO,” Trump said, according to the news outlet. Read More: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5785933-donald-trump-nato-strait-hormuz/ https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5785921-iran-limits-strait-traffic/ #trump…
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Read the first article in this series here. It remains to be seen whether Restore Britain can assemble a slate of candidates at local and national elections. The party boasts tens of thousands of members and a clutch of local councilors—some defectors from Reform or the Conservatives—but we do not know if the considerable hype […] The post Will Restore Britain Be Reform’s Spoiler? (Part II) appeared first on The American Conservative .
UK Special Coverage Will Restore Britain Be Reform’s Spoiler? (Part II) The splinter party seems unlikely to put up large electoral numbers—but it doesn’t need to. UK Special Coverage Read the first article in this series here . It remains to be seen whether Restore Britain can assemble a slate of candidates at local and national elections. The party boasts tens of thousands of members and a clutch of local councilors—some defectors from Reform or the Conservatives—but we do not know if the considerable hype surrounding the party will convert into candidates, votes and MPs. Could Restore do the impossible? Two…Open
What did Speaker Mike Johnson mean when he talked about a “course correction” in the Trump administration’s deportation approach? Our White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs analyzes how the message around deportation is changing.
While some European countries said they were discussing ways to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, several rejected President Trump’s calls to send warships.