Trump asks ‘about 7? countries for help to open the Strait of Hormuz

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CAIRO — President Donald Trump said Sunday that he has demanded about seven countries send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, but his appeals have brought no commitments as oil prices soar during the Iran war. The president declined to name the countries heavily reliant on Middle East crude that the administration is negotiating with to join a coalition to police the waterway where about one-fifth of the world’s traded oil normally flows. “I’m demanding that these countries come in and protect their own territory, because it is their own territory,” Trump said about the strait, claiming the…

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