"Donald Trump reiterated his condemnation of NATO allies for not stepping in to help him secure the Strait of Hormuz amid the Iran war, as he held a press briefing with Japan's PM Sanae Takaichi at the White House on Thursday. "We're defending the Strait for everybody else. And then, in the case of NATO, they don't want to help us defend the Strait, and they're the ones that need it," he said. "But now they're getting much nicer because they're seeing my attitude. They're getting much nicer." "But it's, as far as I'm concerned, it's too late. You know, the UK wants to send aircraft carriers down. And I said, I want the aircraft carriers before the war. I don't want them after the war is won," he added. The US and Israel launched strikes on Iran on February 28. Tehran responded with strikes on Israel and US assets in the region. Trump has repeatedly singled out the UK and France in particular for failing to help him."