Perceptions

Trump linked a news article: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116403452696175100

This was a trending story on the same site: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/hormuz-blockade-europe-mobilizing-against-u-s-not/

Neither the U.S. nor Israel is dependent on oil transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Around the globe, the U.S. is the primary enforcer of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), maintaining freedom of navigation for all countries. Trump’s request for Europe and other allies to support U.S. freedom-of-navigation patrols in the Strait of Hormuz was rejected.

Someone can actually write this. From Wikipedia:

As of October 2024, 169 sovereign states and the European Union are parties. The United States is among the states that have not ratified the treaty.

I was actually thinking several days ago, "Iran should conduct freedom of navigation patrols near the US." But I don't know if they have any large warships left. And if they did have one, the US would probably just sink it during the freedom of navigation patrol.