Good grief. Now he's "demanding"

[PSPS]

[dalton99a]

1. You break it, you buy it

[Ocelot II]

2. Bratty child demands ice cream and a pony.

[mwmisses4289]

3. Ok, I think it's t being referred to, but what is he demanding?

Or rather, what's he demanding everybody fall over themselves to implement the greatest idea from the greatest mind evah this time?

[Sparkly]

5. That other countries "escort" ships

through the Strait of Hormuz, potentially getting blown up by mines.

[mwmisses4289]

11. Oh, good grief!

First he bullies and insults everyone around the world except bibi and putin, then he makes a mess, and now he's demanding everyone come help him clean it up and get him out of the mess he and his bully bros created?!?
Bloody freaking hell! Glad to see other countries are telling him, politely, to eff off and die.

[newdeal2]

4. He broke the global order

He can demand all he wants, but there’s not much to gain from being his friend.

[Wounded Bear]

7. Unless you're a criminal...nt

[Chasstev365]

6. Keep holding your breath until you turn blue, you fucking toddler.

[surfered]

8. Maybe he'll impose higher tariffs on them if they don't comply

[Talitha]

9. Yep, that's what punks do.

[NCDem47]

10. The international community is LITERALLY saying

“Fuck OFF! You are on your own. YOU created this mess.”

I worry though…a cornered rat.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. MaddowBlog-After alienating allies and declaring victory, Trump 'demands' foreign help in war

Foreign countries haven’t exactly rushed to answer the American president’s call for assistance. Imagine that.

So to sum up:
1. Trump alienates/insults allies
2. he launches an unnecessary war with no international legitimacy
3. he declares war “over,” dismisses need for allies’ help
4. he sees the war go sideways
5. he “demands” allies help us solve a problem he said doesn’t exist
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-03-16T13:42:17.264Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/after-alienating-allies-and-declaring-victory-trump-demands-foreign-help-in-war

During the first week of the war in Iran, multiple British news outlets reported that the HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier was preparing for possible deployment to the Middle East to assist the United States and Israel. Seven days into the conflict, however, Donald Trump, who has a habit of insulting and alienating our closest allies, used his social media platform to deliver a message to leaders in the U.K.: Don’t bother.

“The United Kingdom, our once Great Ally, maybe the Greatest of them all, is finally giving serious thought to sending two aircraft carriers to the Middle East,” the American president wrote. “That’s OK, Prime Minister Starmer, we don’t need them any longer — But we will remember. We don’t need people that join Wars after we’ve already won!”...

After claiming in an NBC News interview that unnamed countries had already committed to helping secure the strait — a dubious assertion, given the circumstances and available information — the Republican “demanded” that foreign nations step up and provide the U.S. with the kind of security assistance he recently said was unnecessary.

Trump on Strait of Hormuz: "Really, I'm demanding that these countries come in and protect their own territory, because it is their territory ... they should help us. You could make the case that maybe we shouldn't be there at all, because we don't need it. We have a lot of oil."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-03-16T01:05:29.715Z

.....Indeed, the series of events seems preposterous. After spending the last year alienating U.S. allies, Trump launched an unnecessary war with no international legitimacy. He then prematurely declared victory, while simultaneously dismissing the need for international assistance, all while characterizing the Strait of Hormuz as a problem that’s already been solved.

It was at this point that the same American president, without explanation, turned on a dime and started demanding assistance from the same countries he’s insulted to address a problem he’s claimed doesn’t exist.

Foreign countries haven’t exactly rushed to answer Trump’s call for help, and Australian and Chinese officials have already rejected U.S. outreach. Imagine that.