NCS anchor Kasie Hunt struggled to maintain up with Donald Trump on Monday (March 16) after the president contradicted himself a number of occasions in a matter of minutes.
On Monday’s version of The Arena, Hunt stated, per Mediaite, “As we come on the air, the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz is escalating as President Donald Trump waffles sometimes by the minute on whether the U.S. expects or needs or even wants help in securing the critical waterway.”
Trump’s newest statements come after a number of Nato leaders rejected his name to become involved in his conflict in opposition to Iran. Australia, Japan, Germany, and the United Kingdom have stated they’ve no plans to send naval ships to the Strait of Hormuz, the slender channel off the coast of Iran the place a fifth of the world’s oil passes.
Hunt then aired a time-stamped montage of Trump’s newest press briefing, during which he flip-flopped a number of occasions. “If we ever needed help, they won’t be there for us. I’ve just known that for a long period of time,” the president stated of the U.S.’s worldwide allies.
Then, simply over half an hour later, he said, “We have some that are really enthusiastic. They’re coming already.”
A minute later, he added, “This isn’t need… need would be one of the big boys.” Followed by, “If we need them in boats or if we need anything, any piece of apparatus that they may have because of a situation that they have they should be jumping to help us.”
In a clip time-stamped 12:19 pm, Trump stated, “We want them to come and help us with the Strait.” Then, in a second time-stamped at 12:56 pm, he said, “My attitude is, we don’t need anybody. We’re the strongest nation in the world. We have the strongest military by far in the world. We don’t need them.”
“Did you follow that?” Hunt requested, throwing her palms within the air. “We had a hard time following that.”
She continued, “Let’s underscore… We’re now more than two weeks into this war. Oil and gas prices only climbing. The national average now $3.70 a gallon for gas. That is more than 75 cents higher than it was just a month ago. That has the administration looking for any way to get more oil flowing as soon as possible.”
Hunted famous that NCS sources say that “U.S. Officials are looking to rally support for an international coalition to secure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.”
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