Media: Trump once threatened that if Europe does not join the Strait of Hormuz alliance, he would cut off weapons supplies to Ukraine.

Golden Finance reports that on April 2, according to the UK’s Financial Times, insiders said Trump threatened to stop providing weapons to Ukraine unless Europe joined the Strait of Hormuz alliance. Last month, Trump asked NATO’s naval forces to help him reopen the strait, but European governments rejected the request. Three officials familiar with the discussions said Trump responded by threatening to stop providing supplies to the “Ukraine Priority Needs List” (PURL) project. As a result, at the urging of NATO Secretary General Rutte, several key member countries, including France, Germany, and the UK, issued a hastily coordinated statement on March 19 in which they said: “We indicate that we are willing to make an appropriate contribution to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.” An official familiar with the discussions said: “It was Rutte who insisted on publishing this joint statement because Trump had threatened to withdraw from the ‘Transatlantic Partnership Alliance’ and to fully disengage from matters concerning Ukraine.”