In a Sunday morning post, President Trump declared that many countries will deploy warships alongside the U.S. to help keep the Strait of Hormuz open and secure. Hours later, Trump’s messaging was rephrased as more of a request, or motivational speech seeking help from other countries, using phrases such as “team effort,” “everlasting peace,” and “harmony.” Peace is thrown out the window, though, when someone states, as Trump did earlier that day, “In the meantime, the United States will be bombing the hell out of the shoreline, and continually shooting Iranian Boats and Ships out of the water.” The countries he’s directing this messaging toward are not taking the bait; zero warships have been deployed on their part so far. Do they have a better solution? It turns out they do. According to the Financial Times, EU countries such as France and Italy have opened diplomatic talks with Tehran to negotiate safe transit for their ships through the Strait. Iran’s foreign minister confirmed this himself, saying some European nations are bypassing Washington and negotiating directly with Tehran. India is doing the same, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar told the Financial Times that negotiations between New Delhi and Tehran allowed two Indian-flagged gas tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz yesterday. As diplomacy remains absent from the table, the U.S. and Israel instead moved forward with military strikes, including recent attacks on a deprived residential area of Shiraz. In a continued defense, the IRGC stated that its naval forces attacked four U.S. bases. When will this war end? Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council at the White House, seems to have an answer, or does he? “It’s not going to last for months. President [of the US Donald] Trump’s team has briefed us that it’s going to be four to six weeks, beginning two weeks ago, and that we’re ahead of schedule.” Apparently, we’re ahead of schedule, with maybe four weeks till the war’s end, which is great news. Did they pull that statistic out of a hat, though? The post Trump Demands “Team Effort” to Protect the Strait of Hormuz appeared first on Redacted.