India, March 31 -- US President Donald Trump on Tuesday asked countries hit with fuel crisis because of the closure of Strait of Hormuz amid the Iran war to "build some courage and get their own oil".

The key waterway through which 20 per cent of world's oil and gas requirements travel has been deadlocked due to Iran's retaliatory attacks against the US-Israeli strikes on February 28. Track latest in Iran war here

Trump has for long called upon countries to join in in aiding the efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, where vessels carrying oil and gas have been targeted by Iranian projectiles.

"All of those countries that can't get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom, which refused to get involved in the ...