RT by @StateDept:.@PressSec: "@POTUS and his team, especially @SecWar and @SecRubio, continue to be in touch with their counterparts in Europe and of course our allies in the Arab

. @PressSec: " @POTUS and his team, especially @SecWar and @SecRubio, continue to be in touch with their counterparts in Europe and of course our allies in the Arab and Gulf region to step up and do more to help the United States in securing the Strait of Hormuz. This is to their benefit, more-so than it is to the benefit of the United States."