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📰 Trump Traps Europe Between Hormuz and a Gas Bill Trump has put Europe in a classic no-win setup: back Washington’s Iran strategy and risk getting dragged into a Middle East war, or stay out and eat the energy shock at home. The New York Times says Trump lashed out at European leaders for refusing to help keep the Strait of Hormuz open, accusing them of complaining about high oil prices while rejecting the military move he says would fix the problem. But the real squeeze is already visible: Iran’s disruption of the waterway has helped trigger a continent-wide energy shock, with oil and gas prices surging and voters across Europe getting angry. That leaves European leaders trapped between alliance discipline and domestic survival. If they follow Trump, they risk widening the war and owning the fallout. If they refuse, they get blamed for the same expensive energy crisis they are already trying to contain. In practice, Europe is being asked to pay for a war it did not start, help police a chokepoint it cannot control, and absorb the political cost either way. That is not strategy. It is coercion dressed up as burden-sharing. #europe#trump#iran#hormuz#energy#nato#oil#geopolitics 📱American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events 🇺🇸