Protecting Shipping and International Trade in the Gulf

  Trump announced that the US is tired of "protecting" international shipping in the Persian Gulf, and told other nations to step up and help.

   In the meantime the Trump Administration slapped more sanctions on Iran and top diplomats in Iran, with the stated goal of stopping ALL oil shipments from Iran to other countries.

   I see a contradiction in these plans.  

   But it will be interesting when other countries who depend on Iranian oil send their warships to the Gulf to protect those shipments, and claim that they were told to do so by the USA.