Germany to Trump: We won’t help you reopen the Strait of Hormuz

submitted by RandAlThor to world 445 points | 40 comments https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-to-trump-this-not-nato-war-strait-hormuz-iran/ “This war has nothing to do with NATO. It’s not NATO’s war,” Stefan Kornelius, a spokesperson for German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, told reporters in Berlin on Monday. “NATO is a defensive alliance, an alliance for the defense of its territory,” he added.