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Laura Coates Live

Trump Presses Wary Allies To Help Secure Strait Of Hormuz

Laura Coates Live

CNN

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3.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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The European Union decided against expanding its naval operations around the Strait of Hormuz despite President Donald Trump’s criticism of allies for not supporting the US in securing the vital waterway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Tonight, President Trump tries to build a coalition to secure this trade of Hamoos, and he says he's shocked that Iran retaliated by striking other Middle Eastern countries.

0:14.1

But is anyone else surprised?

0:16.1

Plus, Marines head to the Middle East as questions grow about their mission, will it be to take over Iran's so-called Crown Jewel?

0:23.7

And a sign of what's to come from says he'll have the honor of taking Cuba.

0:28.9

Tonight on Laricoe's Live.

0:34.6

Three weeks into the war with Iran and we got as close to an admission we may get that President Trump underestimated the threat.

0:46.0

They weren't supposed to go after all these other countries in the Middle East.

0:50.5

Those missiles were set to go after them.

0:54.0

So they hit Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait.

1:01.7

Nobody expected that.

1:03.3

We were shocked.

1:04.5

The greatest experts, nobody thought they were going to hit.

1:07.0

They were, I wouldn't say friendly countries.

1:08.6

They were like neutral.

1:09.5

They lived with them for years.

1:12.0

First of all, experts are saying it should have been absolutely expected that Iran would have attacked other Middle Eastern countries.

1:20.8

Second, remember justification just last week for why he attacked Iran?

1:26.3

If we did not hit them, they were going to take over the Middle East.

1:30.3

They had thousands and thousands since their last hit.

1:33.3

They had thousands and thousands of missiles and everything else.

1:38.3

Those weapons were aimed at Middle Eastern countries that had nothing to do with this.

1:48.8

And third, a senior government official source, excuse me,

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