Allies Rally on Hormuz – Rutte’s Trump Praise

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte appeared on “Face the Nation” to speak about the Strait of Hormuz and the threats from Iran. 

Rutte explained that the nice news was that 22 nations had been coming together to make sure that the Strait of Hormuz was free. He explained they’d always gotten issues achieved before, as when President Donald Trump had gotten issues just like the NATO allies to pay their 5 p.c share, which helped to present for higher protection. He said he was “absolutely convinced” they might do the job when it got here to Iran. 

.@SecGenNATO Mark Rutte applauds @POTUS‘ management on the world stage, says we’re “coming together to make sure that we can be able to secure the Strait of Hormuz.” pic.twitter.com/AE0ibJMFS6

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 22, 2026

Most of the 22 are NATO nations. Others concerned also included Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain. “So we are now planning the military people and others amongst this group of 22 nations and with the U.S.,” Rutte said.

READ MORE: Trump Does It Again: More Allies Join Coalition for the Strait, and Iran Just Undercuts Itself

He did not particularly determine what army property had been being employed. U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz spoke on Face the Nation about Japan probably offering some help from its naval property, since about “80 percent of what’s coming out of the Gulf is going to Asia.” But they’re restricted by law as to what they’ll present after World War II. 

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Sunday hinted at the chance of sending the nation’s Self-Defence Forces for minesweeping operations in the Strait of Hormuz, supplied that a ceasefire is realised.

Rutte adopted Waltz and spoke about Iran concentrating on Diego Garcia with two intermediate-vary ballistic missiles (IRBM). The concentrating on of an island 2,500 miles away from Iran recommended that they might probably hit European capitals and U.S. bases in Europe. Iran had beforehand denied having such functionality, but Trump warned they’d it. 

‘The president doing this is essential. I’ve seen the polling, but I actually hope the American people will likely be with him because he is doing this to make the entire world safer” — NATO Secretary Mark Rutte pic.twitter.com/SwOyYoWMMm

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 22, 2026

Rutte said they were looking at the facts to confirm the capability, but he said if this was true, that was more evidence that Trump’s decision to take out Iran’s ballistic missile capability and the nuclear capability was “essential.” He explained that if Iran had the missile and nuclear capability, that would be an “existential menace” to everyone in the region and the stability of the world. 

“I actually hope the American people will likely be with him because he is doing this to make the entire world safer,” Rutte said. That half actually ticked off some Europeans on social media when he took up for Trump and said he was proper. But Rutte has shown in the past he is not afraid to stick up for what Trump is attempting to obtain, just as he did when Trump was attempting to get other NATO nations to pay their share of the protection prices. 

Editor’s Note: For many years, former presidents have been all speak and no motion. Now, Donald Trump is eliminating the menace from Iran once and for all.

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