United States President Donald Trump has said “numerous countries” have told him “they’re on their way” following his appeal for an international naval coalition to secure the Strait of Hormuz amid the US-Israel war on Iran.Trump made the statement on Monday after calling on a handful of countries to join the coalition. However, he did not identify any of the countries in question.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“Numerous countries have told me they’re on the way. Some are very enthusiastic about it, and some aren’t,” Trump said.When subsequently asked which countries had pledged to join, Trump responded “I’d rather not say yet”, adding that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio would be making an official announcement.“They’ve already started to – it takes a little while to get there,” Trump said. “In some cases, you have to travel an ocean. So doesn’t go that fast, but it’ll go fast. And we have some that are fairly local that are doing it.”In his appeal over the weekend, Trump identified China, France, Japan, South Korea, and the United Kingdom as countries that should join the coalition. He later on called on all “the Countries of the World that receive Oil through the Hormuz Strait”, specifically saying the members of the NATO alliance should join.To date, no country has confirmed its involvement.Coalition kept at arm’s lengt …
