This is why Trump makes statements like "many countries are interested in helping with the Strait of Hormuz".
Translation: He has had conversations with other leaders who never said yes, but listened with interest.
In the real world, while the impotent EuroLanders who will ultimately be among the many who benefit from Iran being crushed have weaseled out of helping, several Gulf and neighboring countries have stepped up to help. To its shame, the UK won't even help protect its interests in the Med!
Did anyone's 2026 Predictions bingo card include Arab Gulf nations' militaries fighting alongside Israel's?
More generally, doncha love Dems' and other Progs' pop-psych diag
fauxses of Trump?