NATO allies refuse to join Trump’s Iranian port blockade

NATO allies said on Monday they would not get involved in U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to blockade Iranian ports, proposing to intervene only once fighting ends, in a move likely ?to anger Trump and increase strains in the alliance. Trump said the U.S. military would eliminate any Iranian ships that came near the blockade that began on Monday, after weekend talks failed to reach an agreement to end the six-week conflict with Iran. Trump initially said the U.S. would work with ?other countries to block ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, but the U.S. military ?later specified that…