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Mattsdspatch Mar 16

European News 🇪🇺

Update on Trump's Hormuz coalition (Mon, March 16):

🇫🇷 France: REJECTED
🇬🇧 UK: REJECTED
🇮🇹 Italy: REJECTED
🇪🇸 Spain: REJECTED
🇯🇵 Japan: REJECTED
🇳🇴 Norway: REJECTED
🇨🇦 Canada: REJECTED
🇦🇺 Australia: REJECTED
🇩🇪 Germany: REJECTED
🇨🇳 China: NO RESPONSE
🇳🇱 Netherlands: NO RESPONSE
🇰🇷 South Korea: NO CONFIRMATION

Pinchy63 🇨🇦Mar 16

@eunews
Who would have thought that putting tariffs on allies and talking about invading them would result in America having no one to help in their time of need.

Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸Mar 16

Pinchy63 🇨🇦Mar 16

@chris
Preview isn’t working. Can’t see what you posted.

B's wild, wild world 🌱🐛🎼Mar 16

@Pinchy63 @chris it's Sesame Street muppet Elmo giving ann open armed shrug, suggesting oh well, whatever in response

Pinchy63 🇨🇦Mar 16

@BsCreativeLife @chris
Thanks now I see it. Sun spots maybe? 🤔 😁

derptron Mar 16

@Pinchy63 @BsCreativeLife @chris You do have to have your mouse over it if on desktop.

SometimesLovely Mar 16

@Pinchy63
This is not a "time of need". Iran was attacked whilst at the negotiating table .This is a war of choice, started at a time decided by the attackers. The consequences of a failure to plan and to gain a wider consensus does not of itself place obligations on any 3rd party. Neither do the political consequences of the attackers calling a halt to their attacks. Nato is a defensive alliance, this is not a war of defence. Irans defence does not constitute an attack on a Nato ally.

Angelo Massaro 🇪🇺Mar 16

@Pinchy63 @eunews add that they unilaterally decided to attack Iran, and create an economic and geopolitical mess without any prior consultation.

MacCruiskeen Mar 16

@Pinchy63 @eunews ANd he's left to begging for help because even the US Navy commanders are telling him no, escorts for tankers not a good idea.

Pinchy63 🇨🇦Mar 16

@maccruiskeen @eunews
Right? Unbelievable.

@Pinchy63 @eunews "Need" - like we had any need to fuck around in the Middle East more.

Passwordsarehard4 Mar 16

@gooba42 @Pinchy63 @eunews if we actually “needed” to secure the straight we would. We could line that bitch with aircraft carriers, sprinkle in dozens of destroyers, battleships lined up end to end in the center, all of them bristling with guns and missiles. Just pull what’s shelling Iran, sail up the assets from the Caribbean, recall the Venezuelan invasion force, pull the Cuba submarines ( almost forgot about them). We just kinda want it open.

Violet Madder Mar 16

@passwordsarehard4 @gooba42 @Pinchy63 @eunews

That's not how aircraft carriers are supposed to work. They stand back behind concentric layers of defenses and don't let anything get within 400 miles of them-- the Strait of Hormuz is too fucking narrow, the minute they try to go in there they're inside the range of all kinds of cheap land-based missiles and their main advantages are gone.

If we send carriers in there, they might actually get sunk.

I've seen it described as a trap so obvious and stupid it may as well be a cartoon box with a stick under it tied to a string.

Iran probably would've loved to block us from the Strait a long time ago, but didn't because we'd bomb the shit out of them. Now that we're bombing them anyway, they have no reasons left not to give us the finger as hard as they possibly can for as long as they can. Which will fuck up our shit, badly, for years. A Shahed drone is $50k, the average 7 interceptors we throw to take one down cost MILLIONS.

Which is (just one of many many reasons) why this whole fucking mess was A BAD IDEA.

But you're otherwise quite right. If the oligarchs running this show cared about the consequences, they would've put a stop to it.

It's not just Iran that's being destabilized. It's THE WORLD.

Get what I'm saying?

The technofascist war profiteers see smoking rubble as easier to control than stable, functioning communities with democratic expectations. They want Iran to look like Gaza, and they're not going to stop with the Middle East. THEY'LL DO IT TO THE USA TOO. Nobody is fucking safe.

Dave Alvarado Mar 16

@Pinchy63 @eunews "need" really belongs in air quotes there too. It's more like "help us stop scoring own-goals".

0ptimist Mar 16

@eunews 🤣🤣🤣

ChopChop65 Mar 16

@eunews why we should help the person who started a war, when he said multiple times "I will bring peace" or something like this.
Killing children wasn't enough for him I guess.

derptron Mar 16

@ChopChop65 @eunews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8mY_h0EIBw

I Come in Peace (And You Go in Pieces)

YouTube

Ray McCarthy Mar 16

@eunews
Isn't UK sending Minesweeper drones? Though that's not what Trump wants.

Trump's plea is a stupid idea.

HolgerH 霍尔格 Mar 16

He who starts a war should be able to handle it "Alone" or leave it at the beginning!

Yenn dc ☂️Mar 16

Lema: No one is able to handle a war alone.

Conclusion is left as an exercise to the reader. :P

Graeme 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Mar 16

@eunews this is, send your ships so your ships get destroyed and your people killed as if americans are hurt in my war....

Just Tom... 🐁Mar 16

@eunews Piss off your allies and, surprise, surprise, they are in no mood to join in your illegal war!

noplasticshower Mar 16

@eunews did he ask Denmark?

^[[200~Michael Mar 16

@noplasticshower @eunews HDMS Grønland is en route! 🫡

Niels Nielsen, geographer Mar 16

@noplasticshower @eunews We'll see if we can spare a dog sledge or two.

humourmetom Mar 16

@eunews Why send troops to a war that has already been won decisively by unstoppable U.S. military might and the genius of Donald Trump?

Horst Albermann 🇪🇺🇩🇪Mar 16

@eunews It will be interesting to see what happens if Iran –as announced – allows ships from countries that do not support the war to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. In that case, the listed countries would have facilitated the passage of ships flying their flags.

At least until the U.S. starts sinking those ships. I know, but what isn’t possible right now? 😵‍💫

Mark van Bijnen Mar 16

@eunews nobody in the mood for WWIII

@MvB19
That’s actually a positive development since WWII: While there have been many “playing with fire” kind of situations (many aweful transgressions, like regional wars killing millions), once there is a scare that it could turn “big”, suddenly everyone’s really sees the need for “peaceful solutions” or at least develops a sudden lack of interest in playing in that particular war.

(Meagure, but it’s something at least.)
@eunews

CynBlogger ❌👑Mar 16

@eunews
Eeegads! It’s exhilarating seeing people/countries telling 47 “NO!”

WTG, nations with integrity!

#ImpeachTrump
#StopTrumpNow
#NoWar

Paul Barnfather Mar 16

He didn't ask Denmark? 🤪

Robin Barton Mar 16

@eunews Other than that it is going so well

Doreen32128 ready to rumble!Mar 16

@eunews Thanks for this update! They hate us for our freedoms!

Justin Free Mar 16

@eunews
Isn't the solution to a problem to remove the cause? How would adding more cause contribute...?
#Hormuz

Passwordsarehard4 Mar 16

@eunews he should demand to plead his case in front of the Hauge and make every country listen to him.

Passwordsarehard4 Mar 16

@eunews the US Congress hasn’t declared war so we aren’t really in it either.

derptron Mar 16

@passwordsarehard4 @eunews Congress also failed to assert those powers and said, "Yeah, go ahead I guess."

Pete's Mom 🍉 🇺🇦 ☮️Mar 16

@eunews
So.... "A lack of planning on your part doesnt constitute an emergency on my part" on world power levels 🤦‍♀️

Violet Madder Mar 16

THANK HEAVENS.

Not going to relax yet, I'm still scared the UK is going to jump to heel like a good little sidekick like they did in Iraq.

CarbonShifter Mar 16

@eunews https://observador.pt/2026/03/16/irao-rangel-descarta-qualquer-envolvimento-militar-de-portugal-no-estreito-de-ormuz/

Irão. Rangel descarta qualquer envolvimento militar de Portugal no estreito de Ormuz

"Portugal não está, nem vai estar, envolvido neste conflito", garante o MNE, reforçando que "há imensas coisas que se podem fazer no plano político, diplomático" e que é esse "plano" que se seguirá.

Observador

Juggling With Eggs Mar 16

So it’s still just Israel and USA ploughing on with their illegal war. Dragging more countries and NATO in by claiming they would be enabling the Strait of Hormuz to reopen is a trap, to both legitimise the war and spread the deaths more widely.

Trump and Netanyahu didn’t consult with allies before they blundered into Iran and Lebanon, but now feel exposed as their horrific actions have financial consequences.

Curioso 🍉 🇺🇦 (jgg)Mar 16

Maybe Hungary or Argentina can help.

Hungarian navy may be pretty powerful, if you use the power of your imagination.

And it may be the perfect time for Argentina to waste huge amounts of money licking Trump's boots.

"We need more clarity here" just makes my mind expand it to "if the US could send Donny over in an inflatable dingy to show us how it's done that would be great."

Ellen Bakker Mar 16

@eunews I'm sorry my country's government are such cowards!

Fokeu🌸Mar 16

@eunews whoops! No free assistance for you!

@eunews you can't secure it without boots on the ground, if the USA don't send own men, why should countries not part of the war do it?
Trumpery orange may use this as a reason to leave NATO, which he do not have mandate for

John A. Wojtowicz Mar 16

@eunews
Thank you for your post.
Kudos to Europe, Canada, Australia, Japan and China for rejecting joining his Hormuz coalition. May you all prosper.

Peace

Maria Langer | 📝🛥️💎Mar 16

@eunews Ah, if only the US Republican party were as smart as all you folks.

Martijn Geerdes Mar 16

@eunews the Netherlands by now rejected, as per prime minister Jetten who held a Presser together with Merz

eighthourlunch Mar 16

@eunews The Netherlands recently, as in last week, had a KC-135 refeuler flying what I'd guess was practice in southwestern Nevada. Practice for what? No idea, but it was up for a while on ADS-B.

@eunews Odd. One would think that tantrums, insults, threats, and childish outbursts are always the best way to make lasting friendships.

Maybe he could try dancing like he is masturbating 2 random men at once to convince them.

Critical Angle Mar 16

@eunews The world rejects Trump and humanity rejects MAGA. Time to unite against the horror they bring!!

I know nothing, still.Mar 16

@eunews in other words, Trump picked a fight that turned out to be a lot tougher than he could handle, and now wants the rest of the world to help him out of his Vietnam. I wonder why no one is rushing to help out. 🤔

victorvonvortex Mar 16

Phil Burg (he/him)Mar 16

Weird.

I just heard him on the news at 0900 my time (UTC+11) saying that lots of countries have told him they're on the way to clean up his mess.

@Standard_Phil
This is irony, right?

Phil Burg (he/him)Mar 17

@curiousicae @eunews Oh, he definitely said it. But no, I don't believe what he's saying actually happened.

Kevin Russell Mar 16

Was this not edited to show Holland Korea rejecting?

I haven't yet seen any statement from Canada rejecting this. There was a joint statement from Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Britain voicing opposition to the idea of Israel conducting a ground offensive in Lebanon (see link). Nothing yet from Canada on rejecting the idea of providing Hormuz warship escorts that I'm aware of.

I think only Spain, Germany, and Italy have definitely ruled it out.

https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/2026/03/16/joint-statement-conflict-between-israel-and-hezbollah

Joint statement on the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah

We are gravely concerned by the escalating violence in Lebanon and call for meaningful engagement by Israeli and Lebanese representatives to negotiate a sustainable political solution. We strongly support initiatives to facilitate talks and urge for immediate de-escalation.

Prime Minister of Canada

NZChineseGenealogy Mar 17

@eunews And Lil Ole NZ hasn't even been asked. Probably we would have been :Yes, why not?