A week ago, Trump told the UK not to bother sending ships because he’d already won the war. Now he’s asking NATO allies , and even China , to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz. But NATO is a defensive alliance built on Article 5 , no member state has been attacked here… It was the US and Israel that launched military operations on February 28th. Asking NATO to intervene in an offensive war that you started doesn’t fall within the alliance’s mandate. We’ve reached the point of absurdity….