Trump's attempt to pass off blame for the Gulf of Hormuz is still closed on Europe's failure to come to his aid, and for good reason. Aside from the barrage of insults and dissing NATO hurled at our former allies in Europe, Trump is out to fool the US public as well. Trump claims Europe is so dependent on oil and gas shipped through the Gulf of Hormuz that it is in their interests to come to the US aid in freeing Hormuz, which the US action had caused it be closed. by Iranian retaliation. Trump's BS wants Americans to ignore some facts: Only 4% of Europe's oil comes through Homuz, and less than 10% of liquid natural gas. Europe's reduced reliance on fossil fuels has lessened over the years as its reliance on wind and solar has increased. 50% of Europe's energy comes from wind and solar.
https://www.iea.org/about/oil-security-and-emergency-response/strait-of-hormuz
https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/indicators/share-of-energy-consumption-from
So, how is Europe compensating for even the loss of this amount? It is importing more from the US. It would do more, but Europe right now is turned off from doing business with the US and Donald Trump, not only for his solo Iran blunder, but also for the tariffs and the US refusal to help Ukraine. and the arrogant attacks on Europe and NATO itself. US business interests are finding themselves persona non grata in Europe. There is no more goodwill advantage. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/04/europeans-trump-enemy-of-europe-russia-war-poll
All of us, Europe and the US, are paying high prices because the price per barrel is based on international supply and set by the cartels, but so long as the availability of the quantity of fossil fuels is not critical to Europe, Europe is finding ways to deal with the costs. Trump's failure to do likewise is causing a political blowback as seen in the polls, as he's getting the blame for the price of gas at the pump.
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