Trump told the Financial Times he could also delay his summit with China’s President Xi Jinping later this month as he presses Beijing to help unblock the crucial waterway.

US President Donald Trump has warned that NATO faces a “very bad” future if US allies fail to assist in opening up the Strait of Hormuz, in an interview with the Financial Times published on Sunday.

Trump told the FT he could also delay his summit with China’s President Xi Jinping later this month as he presses Beijing to help unblock the crucial waterway.

“I think China should help too because China gets 90% of its oil from the Straits”, Trump told the newspaper, adding he would prefer to know Beijing’s position before the planned visit. “We may delay”, he said of the trip. The US president said countries that benefit from the shipping route should help secure it. “It’s only appropriate that people who are the beneficiaries of the Strait will help to make sure that nothing bad happens there”, - he told the FT.