Allies reject Trump’s call for Strait of Hormuz escorts
Morning Joe
Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, MS NOW, Willie Geist
3.9 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | If Iran, as you said, totally obliterated, got the missiles, got the first two rounds of leadership, Air Force gone, Navy gone, can we wrap this war up this week? |
| 0:11.5 | Yeah, sure. |
| 0:12.7 | Will we? |
| 0:14.2 | I don't think so, but it'll be said. It won't be alone. |
| 0:17.4 | And we're going to have a much safer world when it's wrapped up. |
| 0:20.7 | It'll be wrapped up soon. We're going to have a much safer world when it's wrapped up. It'll be wrapped up soon. |
| 0:22.6 | We're going to have a much safer world. |
| 0:27.6 | President Trump yesterday admitting that he could end the war with Iran, he's just not ready to do so. |
| 0:34.0 | It comes as the president continues to call out NATO allies for not helping to reopen |
| 0:41.1 | the Strait of Hormuz, but also claiming the U.S. doesn't need their assistance. Meanwhile, |
| 0:46.8 | here at home, the partial government shutdown has DHS employees going without paychecks, forcing |
| 0:52.8 | some to pick up second jobs, all while travelers |
| 0:56.4 | and spring breakers are now going through long security lines at airports. |
| 1:02.5 | And the Democrats have proposed repeatedly to refund TSA, to refund the Coast Guard, to refund FEMA, |
| 1:15.7 | and every one of those efforts over the past week or so have been killed by Republicans on the Senate floor. |
| 1:23.8 | Every one of those proposals, they could have had unanimous consent and it's Republicans |
| 1:30.6 | that are killing unanimous consent. So you'll see this showdown with John Cornyn and the |
| 1:36.2 | congressman. Well, you know, with all due respect, Senator Cornyn, all he has to do is get |
| 1:43.3 | his Republicans to say yes and TSA will be funded, |
| 1:46.4 | and the Coast Guard will be funded, and FEMA will be funded. But they don't want to do that |
| 1:51.2 | if that means that there have to be any reforms with ICE. So that's where we are right now, |
| 1:58.1 | because they are so dedicated to ICE continuing operations as is |
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