Trump asked allies to send warships to Strait of Hormuz – is anyone stepping up? How countries responded

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US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump’s call to seven countries to send warships to help keep the Strait of Hormuz open has drawn a negative response from Washington’s allies, putting his plans in jeopardy. While he named China, Britain, France, Japan and South Korea in a social media post on Saturday, urging them to help guard the waterway, the Republican did not identify the seven countries while speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday. “I’m demanding that these countries come in and protect their own territory, because it is their own territory,” Trump said. “We’re talking…