Middle East latest: Trump tells allies to go to strait of Hormuz and ‘just take fuel’

The US president made the remarks on social media and said other countries, ‘like the UK’, need to learn how to fight for themselves

Dubai authorities said the drone attack on the Al Salmi tanker caused a fire on board that was extinguished early on Tuesday. File picture

Countries should go to the strait of Hormuz and 'just take' fuel, US president Donald Trump has said as he again criticised countries that had joined in his war with Iran.

In a post on Truth Social, he said countries should build up the “courage” to go to the strait of Hormuz and “just take” fuel.