Trump said that the US needs “whatever it takes” to reopen the Strait Of Hormuz. Follow Newsweek's latest updates

Meanwhile, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the country has not "asked for a ceasefire" after Trump said it had wanted a deal.

In remarks ahead of a meeting with the Kennedy Center board of trustees, Mr. Trump provided an update on the ongoing conflict with Iran.

"A dozen thermonuclear detonations and you’ve got a waterway wider than the Panama Canal," Newt Gingrich posted on X, in part.

Fujairah, located on the Gulf of ​Oman just outside the Strait of Hormuz, ⁠is typically a critical exit point for about ​1 million barrels per day of the UAE's ​Murban crude - a volume equivalent to roughly 1% of global demand.

The Strait of Hormuz, the world's most critical chokepoint for oil shipments, has been effectively closed since the U.S. and Israel began the war on Iran.

March 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump called on allies over the weekend to help secure ⁠the ⁠Strait of Hormuz as Iranian forces continue attacks on ⁠the vital waterway amid the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, now in its third week.

Donald Trump has said it would be "very bad for the future of Nato" if allies don't help secure the critical waterway for global oil shipping.

President Trump has urged China, Britain, France, Japan and South Korea to send warships to help reopen the waterway, even though they are not involved in the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran.

By Saurabh Sharma and Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI, March 16 (Reuters) - Iran has asked India to release three tankers seized in February as part of talks seeking the safe passage of Indian‑flagged or India‑bound vessels out of the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz,