Europe’s Nato allies push back at reported US threat to Spain

Caught between public opinion hostile to the Trump administration and the economic and defense capacity requirements of trying to keep Washington as united as possible, many of Europe’s NATO (and EU) nations, led by France and the UK, are, among other countries, preparing an international naval patrol and minesweeping capabilities for the Strait of Hormuz after hostilities end. In the hopes of somehow appeasing President Trump, among other things.