US Allies Reject Trump's Call for Help

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🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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A growing energy crisis is sending oil prices soaring around the world. President Trump has been calling on US allies to assist in unblocking the Strait of Hormuz, but no countries have agreed to help. To assess the NATO response and the prospects of a military solution to unblocking the Strait, former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Richard Shirreff, joins the show. Also on today's show: Mohamed El-Erian, Chief Economic Adviser, Allianz / Professor at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Former Ukrainian Defense Minister; Kenneth Vogel, Reporter, The New York Times Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.
0:07.0	Under mounting pressure, Trump casts around for a coalition of naval forces to join his war on Iran and keep oil flowing through the Strait of Hormoz.
0:18.0	No takers so far. Then, I ask leading global economist
0:23.1	Mohamed El Arian what's at stake amid the biggest oil disruption in history. Plus, a hail-Mary
0:29.9	Pass, to make up for shortages and price hikes by easing oil sanctions on Russia. But where does
0:36.1	that leave Ukraine now in its fifth year,
0:38.7	under Russia's all-out war? Former Defense Minister Andri Zagorodnik joins me, and...
0:44.7	No matter if you go through the proper channels or not, it's going to be controversial.
0:49.3	Trump's presidential pardons. New York Times investigative reporter Kenneth Vogel talks to Michelle Martin
0:55.0	about what he calls a growing pardon industry at the White House. Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Christiana Manpur in London.
1:23.1	As Iran ups its threats to American interests in the region, a growing energy crisis is sending
1:29.2	oil prices soaring around the world.
1:32.2	Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormor's has mostly stopped since the US and Israel
1:36.7	launched their war on Iran two weeks ago.
1:39.6	The strait usually carries around 20% of the world's oil supply, but Tehran is allowing only a handful of vessels through it
1:46.8	under quote, special conditions.
1:49.0	President Trump's been calling on China and US allies
1:52.5	to assist in unblocking the strait.
1:54.6	He's even warning NATO will face a quote, very bad future
1:58.2	if they fail to assist.
2:00.4	So far, no countries have answered Trump's call or his pressure.
2:04.6	The German defense minister Boris Pistorius said,
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