Trump Threatens "Countries That Didn't Help US Must Pay Reparations" Over Iran War

U.S. President Donald Trump has stated that countries that failed to help the United States will be made to pay reparations after the Iran war ends.

In a post on social media platform Truth Social on the 14th (local time), President Trump wrote, "Oil is flowing through the Strait of Hormuz," adding, "Countries around the world that gave us no help should and will pay reparations when this fraudulent war is all over."

He went on to say, "We are doing this more for other countries than for our own country, and we have been doing so for generations."

This is interpreted as meaning that since the U.S. military is deployed in the Strait of Hormuz to help oil tankers navigate freely, countries benefiting from this should compensate for the costs resulting from America's financial and military burdens.

As the war with Iran—initiated by the U.S. and Israel—prolongs, sending international oil prices soaring and driving up fuel prices within the U.S., he has put forward the argument of issuing retaliatory war bills to nations that did not assist in the Iran conflict.

Previously, following the outbreak of the war with Iran, President Trump had demanded that allies such as South Korea and Japan dispatch warships to the Strait of Hormuz.

On August 16, President Trump also highlighted South Korea's lack of cooperation in the Iran war after unilaterally revealing that he had drastically scaled back the annual joint South Korea-U.S. military exercises.
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